摘要 |
A method for producing an alcohol including the steps of continuously supplying and flowing starting materials of an alcohol in a reducing reactor; and carrying out catalytic reduction reaction of the starting materials with hydrogen gas in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst. In this method, the catalytic reduction reaction of the starting materials is carried out under temperature conditions of not less than a dew point of the resulting alcohol, and the starting materials of an alcohol are brought in contact with hydrogen gas in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, in which at least one substance selected from the group consisting of starting materials of an alcohol, alcohols, wax esters, and hydrocarbons is present in a liquid form on a surface or within pores of the hydrogenation catalyst. |