The invention discloses a catalyst. A preparation method for the catalyst comprises the following steps:
grinding electric furnace dust by using a
ball mill, and conducting sieving by using a 75-to-400-mesh
sieve; placing the sieved electric furnace dust in a
drying oven for
drying at a temperature of 75-105 DEG C for 5-48 h so as to obtain pretreated electric furnace dust; and putting the pretreated electric furnace dust and
sodium salt solution into a rubber-sealed glass
bottle, conducting magnetic stirring in an
oil bath pan at 55-105 DEG C for 0.5-5 hours,
drying an obtained sample in the drying oven at 75-105 DEG C for 4 hours or more, and conducting sieving with the 75-to-400-mesh
sieve to obtain the required
sodium-electric furnace dust catalyst. The catalyst has acidity and
alkalinity at the same time, and can be automatically separated from a
liquid product through standing. The catalyst can be directly used for reaction of low-acid-value oil, the
catalytic effect of the catalyst is very good,
biodiesel yield is larger than 95%, and the
recovery rate of the catalyst is larger than 90%. Moreover, the recycling capability of the catalyst is better, and the yield of
biodiesel can still reach 90% or above after 15 times of reactions.