The invention discloses a process for preparing ortho-aminophenol by virtue of continuous
catalytic hydrogenation, and the process is implemented by taking o-
nitrophenol as a
raw material through carrying out a continuous
catalytic hydrogenation reaction in a
fixed bed reactor by using a Pd / Al2O3 catalyst, and then separating and purifying the obtained product so as to obtain a target product ortho-aminophenol. The process disclosed by the invention can be used for realizing a continuous
catalytic hydrogenation reaction, and is short in technological process, high
in degree of
automation, low in labor strength, less in equipment investment, and large in production capacity; the Pd / Al2O3 catalyst is good in selectivity and high in activity, and can be used for improving the yield and purity of products, the yield reaches up to 97%, and the purity reaches up to over 99%; no material is discharged and spills over in the whole reaction process, so that the consumption is minimized, therefore, the process is beneficial to
resource conservation and environmental conservation, and has good economic and
social benefits; both the labor intensity of workers is reduced, and the whole site environment is clean and tidy, so that the intrinsic competitiveness and extrinsic appearance of products are promoted, and therefore, the process is suitable for being widely applied to industrial production.