The present application relates to a
moving bed reactor, in particular to a radial
moving bed reactor and a preparation method of
caprolactam. The reactor comprises a reactor shell, and a center
pipe with through holes, a catalyst
bed and a material
distributor arranged from inside to outside in the reactor shell; wherein a plurality of heat-removing partitions vertically connected with the
pipe wall of the center
pipe are arranged along the circumferential direction of the center pipe; an upper ineffective
reaction zone, an effective
reaction zone and a lower ineffective
reaction zone are arranged from top to bottom in the catalyst
bed; wherein the part of the center pipe in the upper ineffective reaction zone and the lower ineffective reaction zone is without through holes, and the upper part of the heat-removing partition is arranged as an ineffective part in the upper ineffective reaction zone. The space utilization of the
moving bed reactor of the present application is improved, the problem of uneven
axial distribution of gas flow is effectively avoided, and the
reaction temperature is controlled, which is used in the process of producing
caprolactam by
gas phase Beckmann rearrangement of
cyclohexanone oxime, can reduce the amount of carrier gas, improve the reaction efficiency, conversion rate and selectivity.