The invention belongs to the technology for recovering
organic acid and catalyst from
terephthalic acid oxidized residues, which includes the steps of firstly, discharging high-temperature oxidized residues from a pure
terephthalic acid (PTA for short) production device, controlling the
solid content within the range from 20% to 45% and implementing primary filtering separation within the temperature range from 55 DEG C to 90 DEG C, and directly vending separated
solid for manufacturing resin or paint or returning the separated
solid to an oxidation reactor for use, wherein primary filtrate is treated according to the process: (I) adding
oxalic acid to obtain
cobalt-
manganese oxalate precipitation, obtaining
cobalt-
manganese oxalate by means of filtering separation, further cooling the filtrate by means of filtering separation, utilizing the separated solid for extracting
benzoic acid and delivering the filtrate to a waste water treating device; or (II) directly cooling the primary filtrate for secondary filtering separation, utilizing the separated solid for extracting
benzoic acid, adding
oxalic acid into secondary filtrate to obtain
cobalt-
manganese oxalate precipitation, obtaining cobalt-manganese oxalate by means of filtering separation and delivering the filtrate to a waste water treating device; and secondly, carrying out reaction of the cobalt-manganese oxalate obtained from (I) or (II) with oxidant such as
hydrogen peroxide, peroxyacetic acid,
bromine,
manganate,
permanganic acid, manganese dioxide or / and
hydrobromic acid, utilizing
cobalt acetate aqueous liquor, cobalt
bromide aqueous liquor,
manganese acetate aqueous liquor, manganese
bromide aqueous liquor,
acetic acid or / and pure water as dissolvent, then carrying out reaction of the cobalt-manganese oxalate with metallic cobalt, metallic manganese or / and
hydrobromic acid after the cobalt-manganese oxalate is completely dissolved, and obtaining homogeneous phase liquor containing cobalt-manganese
bromide ions by means of purification and
filtration, wherein the mixed liquor can be directly mixed with
cobalt acetate,
manganese acetate, cobalt bromide, manganese bromide,
acetic acid or water to serve as oxidation catalyst for the
terephthalic acid.