Provided is a continuous production method and a continuous production apparatus utilizing the solution polycondensation of aromatic cyclic oligomers, which achieve a good space-time yield and are inexpensive and simple. The continuous production method includes: (a) supplying a polymerization solvent and a reaction raw material to a continuous production apparatus (100) including a plurality of reaction vessels (1a to 1f); (b) performing a polymerization reaction in the polymerization solvent in the reaction vessels to form a reaction mixture (9a to 9f); (c) removing water in gas phase parts of the reaction vessels from the reaction vessels; and (d) successively moving the reaction mixture to each of the reaction vessels; the steps (a), (b), (c), and (d) being performed in parallel; wherein an amount of the polymerization solvent in the reaction vessel positioned furthest downstream in a movement direction of the reaction mixture is not less than 1 L and not greater than 50 L per 1 mol of arylene units in the reaction raw material; the respective gas phase parts of the plurality of reaction vessels communicate with one another; and a pressure of each of the gas phase parts is uniform.
本发明提供了一种利用芳香族环状低聚物溶液缩聚的连续生产方法和连续生产装置,该方法和装置可实现良好的时空收率,且成本低廉、操作简单。连续生产方法包括(a) 向包括多个反应容器(1a 至 1f)的连续生产装置(100)提供聚合溶剂和反应原料;(b) 在反应容器中的聚合溶剂中进行聚合反应,形成反应混合物(9a 至 9f);(c) 从反应容器中去除反应容器气相部分中的
水;以及 (d) 将反应混合物连续移动到每个反应容器中;步骤(a)、(b)、(c)和(d)并行执行;其中,在反应混合物的移动方向上位于最下游的反应容器中的聚合溶剂的量为每 1 摩尔反应原料中的芳
烯单元不小于 1 升且不大于 50 升;多个反应容器中各自的气相部分相互连通;每个气相部分的压力均匀。