Ethyl levulinate(ELE), a widely used organic chemical compound, can be produced from hydrogenation and alcoholysis of furfural(FAL). However, such processes have some shortcomings of long two-step process, large H2 consumption, and high cost. A single-step catalytic conversion of FAL to ELE over Zr-SBA-15 in near-critical ethanol was proposed with no H2 consumption. Among seven Zr-SBA-15 catalysts prepared with different Si/Zr molar ratios, Zr-SBA-15-10(Si/Zr=10) exhibited best catalytic activity for FAL co...