The invention relates to a heat-insulation
reaction system for preparing glycolate through
oxalate hydrogenation, belonging to the technical field of glycolate preparation. The
system comprises a circulating gas preheater, a
vaporization tower, a reaction gas preheater and a hydrogenation reactor communicated in sequence, wherein an outlet of the
hydrogenation reaction is communicated with the reaction gas preheater, and the reaction gas preheater is communicated with the circulating gas preheater. The invention also relates to a process for preparing glycolate by using the heat-insulation
reaction system. By using the
system and process disclosed by the invention, the
exothermic reaction temperature rise can be favorably controlled,
side reaction can be inhibited, the activity of a catalyst can be improved, the service life of the catalyst can be prolonged, the problems of low
oxalate conversion rate, low selectivity of glycolate serving as a product and the like are solved, and the
energy consumption is reduced because heating is realized by virtue of
system reaction heat. The heat-insulation
reaction system and process for preparing glycolate through
oxalate hydrogenation have the advantages that the oxalate conversion rate is high, the selectivity of glycolate serving as the product is high,
waste heat of the system can be sufficiently utilized, and the
energy consumption and the cost can be reduced.