The invention discloses a catalyst separation device and
separation method for a process for synthesizing
acetic acid by
methanol carbonyl, and belongs to the technical field of
acetic acid synthesis device.The catalyst separation device comprises a
spray tower, a liquid preparation tank is arranged on one side of the
spray tower, and the
spray tower is connected with the liquid preparation tank through a high-pressure acid-resistant pump; a collecting
pipe is fixedly mounted on one side of the high-pressure acid-resistant pump, a
carbon monoxide tank is arranged on the other side of the spray
tower, and a supplementing
assembly is arranged at the top end of the liquid preparation box. By arranging the supplementing
assembly, when the liquid level of a
hydroiodic acid solution in the liquid preparation box descends, a floating ball automatically detects that the content of the
hydroiodic acid solution in the liquid preparation box is low, so that a
ball valve is driven to be opened, the
hydroiodic acid solution flows into the liquid preparation box through a supplementing
pipe, the negative pressure in the high-pressure acid-resistant pump is stable, output is uniform, and the stability of a catalyst is improved; the generation of a deactivated catalyst is reduced, and the separation effect in the spray
tower is improved.