The invention discloses a method for continuously extracting, rectifying and separating mixed alcohols from water, relates to a chemical separating method, and in particular to a method for continuously extracting, rectifying and separating mixed alcohols such as aqueous mixtures of
ethanol, n-propyl
alcohol,
isobutyl alcohol and the like. According to the method,
extractive distillation and common rectifying are combined together, and a multi-column combined step-by-step separating method is adopted to separate mixed alcohols from water step by step and recycle components with high purity. The method comprises steps of: with
ethylene glycol as an extraction agent, separating the mixed alcohols from water in an extractive rectifying column B1, wherein the column B1 adopts normal pressure rectification, the
reflux ratio is 1:1-10:1, the mixed alcohols can be get from the column top, and a mixture of a
solvent and water can be get from the column bottom; recovering most of the
solvent from a
solvent recovering column B4 and recycling the solvent; and effectively separating the mixed alcohols through columns B2 and B3. According to the method,
extractive distillation and common rectifying are combined together, the extraction agent is used to avoid the
azeotrope of alcohols and water, and continuous separation of multiple columns are adopted to recover the components with high purity step by step, so that the method has high economic and environmental benefits.