The invention relates to a catalyst
activation method in a 1, 4-butynediol production process, which comprises the following steps: accurately weighing 1.2 g of a catalyst with the
mass content of 4-10% and 20 mL of a
formaldehyde solution with the
mass concentration of 15-35% at normal temperature, putting into a three-necked
bottle, and adjusting the pH value of the
mixed solution to 4-7.5 by using Na2CO3-NaHCO3; introducing excessive
acetylene, controlling the flow rate of the
acetylene at 6 mL / min, raising the temperature to 65-85 DEG C, and activating the catalyst for 6-18 hours; after the activation of the catalyst is finished,
nitrogen is introduced, and the
reaction temperature is reduced to
room temperature; carrying out reduced pressure suction
filtration on the
mixed solution, rapidly putting the activated catalyst into the three-necked
bottle again, adding 20mL of
formaldehyde solution with the
mass concentration of 15-35%, and regulating the pH value to 6 by using Na2CO3-NaHCO3; and continuously introducing
acetylene, controlling the flow rate of acetylene at 10 mL / min, raising the
reaction temperature to 90 DEG C, and reacting for 2 hours to complete the acetylene
hydroformylation reaction. In the process of synthesizing 1, 4-butynediol by an
alkyne-
aldehyde method, the conditions of the activation process of the catalyst are reasonably controlled, so that the conversion rate of cuprous acetylene is increased, the yield of a byproduct
polyacetylene is reduced, and the
alkyne hydroformylation performance of the
copper-based catalyst is improved.