The invention relates to a method for preparing
nicotine sulfate, and belongs to the technical field of
tobacco chemistry. According to the method, an
aquaporin membrane and a
polyamide membrane are used as
forward osmosis concentration membranes, an inorganic salt is used as an absorbing agent, and a low-concentration
nicotine distillate is subjected to
forward osmosis concentration until the trapped fluid
nicotine concentration is 5%-20%; 5%-40%
sulfuric acid which is slightly excessive in chemical calculation is added into a trapped fluid to obtain a nicotine
sulfate solution with relatively
high concentration, and then evaporating and concentrating are carried out to obtain a 40%-60% nicotine
sulfate product. According to the method, the concentration of the reactant nicotine during nicotine sulfate generation is greatly improved by adopting
forward osmosis concentration, so that the concentration of the
reaction product nicotine sulfate is improved, the
evaporation capacity of water during preparation of a final product by subsequent
evaporation and concentration is reduced, and the
evaporation energy consumption is greatly reduced; by utilizing the characteristic of poor interception efficiency of forward
osmosis concentration on
ammonia, the
ammonia content in the trapped liquid is greatly reduced, so that the
ammonium salt content in a final product is greatly reduced,and the purity of nicotine sulfate is greatly improved.