The invention provides a device and technological process for synthesis of
ethylene glycol monobutyl
ether through
reactive distillation. The device comprises a reactor, a
reactive distillation tower, a treating
tower, a condenser, a
reboiler, a
heat exchanger, a return tank, a kettle outlet tank, a pump and a pipeline. In the technological process, the
reactive distillation tower is combined with the reactor and the treating tower. Acidic cation exchange resin or alkali
anion exchanger is selected for being used as a catalyst. Preheated
ethylene oxide and
butanol enter into a reactor for reaction, and unreacted materials pumped into the reactive
distillation tower react or are rectified on a tower plate or a filling material on the section; materials flowing down after passing through the reaction section are rectified through a stripping section; total
reflux is conducted at the tower top of the reactive
distillation tower; materials discharged from the tower kettle of the reactive
distillation tower are pressurized to enter into the treating tower for rectification; the
ethylene glycol monobutyl
ether with the purity higher than 99.9 percent is obtained from the tower top of the treating tower, the yield is greater than 97 percent, and the
diethylene glycol monobutyl
ether is obtained from the tower kettle of the rectification tower. The device solves the problems that
ethylene glycol monobutyl ether produced intermittently is not stable in product quality, the yield is relatively low, the loss of the catalyst is high, and
sewage treatment is difficult.