The present invention relates to the field of
organic synthesis, and in particular to a
system and method for
polyester recycling co-producing bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate and 1,4-
cyclohexanedimethanol. The
system, in the direction of feed, sequentially comprises a
polyester alcoholysis
system, a
solid filtration system, a
solvent recovery system, and a
diethyl terephthalate purification system, as well as a bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate preparation system and a 1,4-
cyclohexanedimethanol preparation system, each connected to the
diethyl terephthalate purification system. The present invention, by optimizing the process
route for
polyester recycling co-producing bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate and 1,4-
cyclohexanedimethanol, first degrades a polyester into an
intermediate product diethyl terephthalate, and then prepares bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol from the diethyl terephthalate. In this way, two degradation products can be obtained simultaneously, especially addressing the current issue of the high production cost of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, reducing the cost of polyester recycling, and making it more suitable for industrial application.