The invention discloses a method and a device for efficiently producing
methyl nitrite. The method comprises the following steps: carrying out a reaction for generating
methyl nitrite in a
reaction chamber A to obtain a liquid-phase material, and transferring
nitric acid out of the liquid-phase material in the
reaction chamber A through an acid transfer concentration device; wherein the liquid-phase material after the
nitric acid is transferred serves as a reaction
raw material and is reused in the
reaction chamber A; transferring the transferred
nitric acid into a reaction chamber B; when the
mass concentration of the nitric acid in the reaction chamber B is larger than or equal to a first set value, the reaction of converting the nitric acid into
methyl nitrite is carried out in the reaction chamber B; when the
mass concentration of the nitric acid in the reaction chamber B is less than or equal to a second set value, stopping the reaction for generating the methyl
nitrite; the first set value is greater than the second set value. According to the device and the method, oxidative esterification and nitric acid
conversion reaction can be simultaneously carried out, methyl
nitrite is efficiently produced, the total space-time yield of the product is improved, and the process
energy consumption and cost are reduced.