The invention relates to equipment and a method for preparing
isophorone through
acetone gas phase condensation. The equipment comprises an
acetone recovery tower, a first partition wall
tower, an
isopropyl acetone tower and a second partition wall tower; in the first partition wall tower, a partition plate is positioned on a central axis in the tower, an azeotropic rectification zone is positioned on the left side of the partition plate, and a water purification zone is positioned on the right side of the partition plate; and in the second partition wall tower, a partition plate is positionedon a central axis in the tower, a primary
distillation zone is positioned on the left side of the partition plate, a
lateral line zone is positioned on the right side of the partition plate, a publicrectifying section is positioned at the upper part of the partition plate, and a public stripping section is positioned at the lower part of the partition plate. The equipment and the method providedby the invention have the benefits that with the adoption of the partition wall towers and other novel separation technologies, all products in the acetone
condensation reaction can be effectively separated and recovered, namely isopolone as a main product,
isopropyl acetone as a by-product, sym-trimethylbenzene, a
tetramer and the like, and the quality purity of each of the products is higher than or equal to 99.60%; and in addition, the technical process of preparing the
isophorone by the acetone condensation is significantly simplified, so that the equipment investment and the
energy consumption are reduced.