The invention discloses a preparation method of a catalyst for producing levoglucosenone. The preparation method comprises the following steps: S1, crushing a
biomass raw material, fully mixing the crushed
biomass raw material with a KOH activator according to a
mass ratio of 4:1 to 1:4, adding the obtained mixture into a reactor, and carrying out a
pyrolysis reaction under the protection of
nitrogen to obtain
biochar; S2, mixing the
biochar obtained in S1 with concentrated
sulfuric acid, sulfonating the
biochar in a hydrothermal kettle, cooling the hydrothermal kettle, washing the obtained
reaction product with deionized water to be neutral, and
drying the washed
reaction product in a
drying oven to obtain sulfonated carbon; and S3, impregnating the sulfonated carbon to load
metal ions, and performing washing and
drying to obtain the
metal sulfonated carbon catalyst. The invention also discloses the catalyst for producing levoglucosenone. The catalyst loaded with
metal ions can effectively promote the conversion of the
biomass raw material to a
dehydration intermediate in the
pyrolysis process, and also enhances the activity of strong acidic sites of the sulfonated carbon in orderto dehydrate the intermediate into the levoglucosenone.