摘要 |
A method for washing a spent solid catalyst is disclosed which is characterized by washing the solid catalyst used for the reaction of generating an esterified compound in a device packed with the solid catalyst, distilling the cleaning fluid in a distilling part, and circulating the fraction obtained by the distillation to an esterification reactor. According to this invention, the existing apparatus used during the process for the production of an esterified compound can be adopted without any modification, the water by-produced in the reaction for production an esterified compound and an alcohol as the raw material for esterification can be used as the cleaning fluid, and these effective components can be recovered from the cleaning fluid. Thus, the stimulation from the offensive odor and the volatile component which has heretofore posed a problem during the removal of the solid catalyst is eliminated and the safety in terms of heath and in terms of operation is secured. |