The invention discloses a method for efficiently depolymerizing waste PET
polyester at low temperature, which comprises the following steps of: dissolving a cleaned and dried PET material with a good
solvent, and distilling to recover the
solvent after the PET material is completely dissolved, so as to obtain a PET sample; mixing the treated PET sample with a catalyst,
ethylene glycol and a cosolvent, putting the mixture into a pressure-resistant
reaction tube, stirring and reacting for a certain time at a specific temperature, and then ending the reaction; carrying out reduced pressure
distillation on the reaction liquid to recover the cosolvent; stirring the residual solution in hot water for a certain time, performing hot
filtration, washing and
drying filter residues with hot water, refrigerating filtrate in a refrigerator, filtering, collecting solids, and
drying to obtain the product. The method has the advantages of simplicity in operation, low
reaction temperature, high
reaction rate, no
metal ions and the like, and can realize green and efficient
recovery of waste
polyester; the method can be applied to the fields of
polyester fibers,
bottle flakes, films and the like, and has relatively high industrial feasibility and application prospects.