The self-made ionic liquid [BMIM]BF_4 was immobilized on activated carbon,and the catalytic performance of as-prepared activated carbon catalyst for etherification of glycerol and tert butyl alcohol was studied. The influence of reaction temperatures,reaction time,catalyst ionic liquid loadings and molar ratio of tert-butanol to glycerol on glycerol conversion and the selectivity to etherification product was investigated by single factor experiments. The experimental results showed that under the condition of no additional solvent added,the mo...