The invention relates to a method and a device for treating
waste gas and waste liquid in
ethylene glycol production. The method comprises the following steps of: heating
waste gas generated in
ethylene glycol production; feeding the heated
waste gas into a reactor, reacting
methyl nitrite in the waste gas to generate
methanol in the presence of a catalyst, and interacting
nitric oxide,
hydrogen and
carbon monoxide in the waste gas to generate
nitrogen, water,
carbon dioxide and
ammonia; feeding the generated waste liquid into an absorption
tower in
ethylene glycol production, allowing the waste liquid to enter from the upper part of the absorption
tower, allowing the reacted gas to enter from the lower part of the absorption
tower, fully absorbing the gas through the waste liquid, neutralizing the waste liquid which absorbs the gas through an alkali liquor, and discharging the gas from the absorption tower for gasification, and adding the gasified gas into
coal slurry for treatment; and discharging the residual gas into the
atmosphere from the top of the absorption tower. The device comprises a
heat exchanger, a heater, a reactor, a cooler, an absorption tower and a waste liquid cooler. The environmental
pollution problems in the waste gas and waste liquid generated in the industrial
ethylene glycol production in the conventional synthesis gas production are solved.