In supercritical methanol reaction of zanthoxylum bungea maxim oil and single acid,the influence of reaction temperature, pressure, time, molar ratio of methanol to zanthoxylum bungea maxim oil(single acid) and acid value were discussed. Reaction kinetics in supercritical methanol was also investigated. The results show that more than 85% of the yield of aliphatic methyl esters can be obtained under the optimal reaction parameters such as temperature (300 ℃), pressure (15 MPa), reaction time (2 h) and molar ratio of methanol to zanthoxylum bungea maxim oil (6∶1). And more than 95% of single acid methyl esters can be obtained under the following conditions: the temperature is 300 ℃, the pressure is 15 MPa, the time is 2 h and molar ratio of methanol to single acid is 5∶1. The properties of biodiesel are very close to the common diesel oil and mainly accord with the quality standard of American biodiesel.