The invention provides a method and device for separating
acetic acid sec-butyl ester and sec-butyl
alcohol. The method comprises the steps that 1, a mixture of the
acetic acid sec-butyl ester and the sec-butyl
alcohol is put into an extraction rectifying
tower, an extraction agent is added, after extraction rectifying separation is performed, the
acetic acid sec-butyl ester is steamed out from the
tower top and condensed, then part of the acetic acid sec-butyl ester is used for
reflux, part of the acetic acid sec-butyl ester is extracted to obtain the acetic acid sec-butyl ester, and a mixture of the sec-butyl
alcohol and the extraction agent falls into the
tower bottom; 2, the mixture of the sec-butyl alcohol and the extraction agent is extracted out from the tower bottom and then put into a
solvent concentration tower, the sec-butyl alcohol is steamed out from the tower top and then condensed, then part of the sec-butyl ester is put into the
solvent concentration tower for
reflux, part of the sec-butyl ester is extracted to obtain the sec-butyl ester, and the extraction agent falls into the tower bottom; 3, the extraction agent is extracted out from the tower bottom and then returns to the extraction rectifying tower for cyclic utilization. According to the method, the problem that in the prior art, the acetic acid sec-butyl ester and the sec-butyl alcohol are difficult to separate is solved, the purity of the separated acetic acid sec-butyl ester is above 99 percent, and the purity of the separated sec-butyl ester is above 99.9 percent; meanwhile, the
energy consumption of the
separation process is low, the procedures are simple, and operation is easy.