The invention discloses a continuous hydrogenation method for olefin unsaturated bond-containing
polymer. The method comprises a step of contacting a solution of the olefin unsaturated bond-containing
polymer with
hydrogen for hydrogenation in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, wherein a hydrogenation reactor used comprises two or more than two serially connected reactors; in the
hydrogenation process, reaction
effluent of a first reactor is divided into two parts, one part enters a second reactor, and the other part exchanges heat with a
heat exchanger and is recycled to return the first reactor; by controlling the
apparent velocity of
hydrogen bubbles flowing through a reaction mixture and the circulating flow of the reaction
effluent, the first reactor approaches full-Francis operation, and the second and subsequent reactors approach
piston flow operation; and the reaction mixture is continuously hydrogenated through
hydrogen dissolved in the reaction mixture by maintaining the
hydrogen pressure in the reactor. By the method, the hydrogen and the
polymer solution are fully contacted uniformly, so the hydrogenation efficiency is improved; and the temperature in the
hydrogenation process can be stably controlled, so the catalyst is prevented from being deactivated due to high temperature; therefore, products with an ideal hydrogenation degree are stably obtained in a long operating period. Meanwhile,
material consumption,
energy consumption and
operating cost in the reaction process are reduced.