The invention discloses a technology for preparing a micro-molecular phenolic compound through the
microwave reinforced continuous degradation of
lignin in a
hydrogen donor. The technology comprises the following steps: 1, continuously adding
lignin to a
microwave reinforced screw rod continuous degradation reacting device through a
solid charging
system, continuously adding the
hydrogen donor and a catalyst to the continuous degradation reacting device through pumps, and carrying out a continuous
degradation reaction of
lignin at 150-200DEG C for 10-40min; 2, neutralizing degradation products in a
neutralization pool in a degradation product separation device with an
aqueous solution of NaOH, allowing the neutralized degradation products to enter a primary
settling pool and a secondary
settling pool, mixing lower-layer products of the primary
settling pool and the secondary settling pool, filtering to obtain a water-phase product, using
hydrochloric acid in an acidifying pool to adjust the pH to 2-3 in order to obtain the micro-molecular phenolic compound; and 3, filtering a used
hydrogen donor which is the upper-layer product of the secondary settling pool, and regenerating in a Pd / C catalytic
fixed bed hydrogenation device to obtain a regenerated hydrogen donor for cycle use. The technology which adopts
continuous operation enables the treatment amount to be large and is suitable for the large-scale industrial application.