The invention relates to a fluidized
catalytic method for
toluene methylation, and mainly solves the problems of great temperature rise of a catalyst
bed, many side reactions and low
methanol utilization rate in existing technologies. The method comprises the steps of: a) first putting an alkylating
reagent methanol into a
fixed bed reactor so as to contact with a
dehydration catalyst for reaction, thus generating mixed
effluent I containing
dimethyl ether, water and unreacted
methanol; b) mixing a
toluene raw material with the reaction
effluent I and conducting
vaporization so as to obtain a reaction mixture II, which is then subjected to contact with a
methylation for reaction catalyst in a
fluidized bed reactor, thus obtaining oil-
phase reaction effluent III rich in
xylene, gas-
phase reaction effluent IV and water-phase effluent V; c) separating the oil-
phase reaction effluent III, thus obtaining an unconverted
toluene fraction containing bits of
benzene, a mixed C8 fraction as well as C9 and C9+ heavy aromatic fractions; d) subjecting the mixed C8 fraction to adsorption,
crystallization or a adsorption /
crystallization combination separation and
isomerization system, thus obtaining a paraxylene product, refluxing the unconverted toluene fraction containing bits of
benzene, and mixing it with the reaction mixture II in the
fluidized bed reactor for conversion. The technical method of the invention well solves the above problems, and can be applied to industrial production of paraxylene preparation through a
methylation reaction with toluene as the
raw material.