A method for preparing
cyclopentane by hydrogenation of
cyclopentadiene or preparing methyl
cyclopentane by hydrogenation of methyl
cyclopentadiene is performed in a lower-feeding type adiabatic bubbling
fixed bed reactor, the lower-feeding type adiabatic bubbling
fixed bed reactor provided with 2 ~ 10
bed layers, and each
bed layer is filled with a catalyst; the method is performed in the following continuous feed mode: raw materials of the
cyclopentadiene or the methyl cyclopentadiene and
hydrogen are introduced into respectively from a lower
bed layer; a hydrogenated material
coming out from the reactor top is cooled by a first
heat exchanger and then enters into a gas-liquid separation tank, a
liquid phase material in the gas-liquid separation tank is collected by a bottom
reflux pump; the collected material is further cooled through a second
heat exchanger, one
stream of the cooled material is used as a product and is collected by a product collecting control valve, the rest streams of the cooled material are used as cyclopentadiene or methyl cyclopentadiene diluents, and are returned back to the lower part of each bed layer by respective flow
control valves, and according to the returning amount of each
stream, a corresponding bed layer is controlled to be heated. According to the method,
cyclopentane or methyl cyclopentane is high in yield, low in
sulfur content, and less in by-products, technological operation is flexible, and the operation cycle of the catalyst is long.