The invention discloses a
zirconium-
oxide catalyst for producing
biodiesel, as well as a preparation method and an application of the
zirconium-
oxide catalyst. The
zirconium-
oxide catalyst comprises the following substances in percent by weight: 80%-95% of ZrO, 2%-18% of Al2O3, 1%-17% of TiO2, 5%-25% of NaHCO3, and 10%-50% of NaCl. The preparation method comprises the following steps: weighing the ZrO2, the Al2O3 and the TiO2, and carrying out ball milling for 24 hours, then adding the NaCl and the NaHCO3, adopting acid silica
sol as a binding agent, mixing uniformly, granulating, forming, and
drying for 12 hours at the temperature of 120 DEG C; maintaining the temperature for one hour at the temperature of 500 DEG C in a
muffle furnace, then rising the temperature to 1460-1600 DEG C rapidly,
roasting for 40-200 minutes and cooling. A
pipe-type reactor is filled with the zirconium-oxide catalyst, wherein the
reaction temperature is 250-300 DEG C, the reaction pressure is 7-14MPa and the
alcohol-oil volume ratio is (0.5:1)-(7:1). The zirconium-oxide catalyst is good in
heat stability, high in conversion rate, strong in repeated utilization and resistant in acid and water, and can be permanently used by one-time filling; under the resistance of a
bed layer, the zirconium-oxide catalyst is stable in structure, not slimed, not easily blocked and very suitable for industrial production; loose pores are formed in the catalyst and in the surface of the catalyst, so that the catalyst has the extremely-high catalytic activity.