我国生产的原油大多为含蜡原油，加热输送是含蜡原油的主要输送方式。埋地热含蜡原油管道的运行中涉及若干复杂的非稳态传热问题。从管内原油传热（内部传热）和管道与外部环境的传热（外部传热）两方面，分析和总结了含蜡原油管道非稳态传热问题的研究现状，介绍了管道在土壤中传热的影响因素，比较了其各种解析和数值解法，阐述了管道停输状态下管内含蜡原油相变传热的规律及研究方法，讨论了非稳定流动状态下管内油流的水力—热力耦合问题及求解方法，指出了埋地热含蜡原油管道的非稳态传热方面需进一步研究的问题。

Most crude oils produced in China are waxy crude with poor flowability at ambient temperature. Pipelining waxy crudes by means of heating is a common practice. Some complex transient heat transfer problems are accompanied with hot oil pipelines. The state-of-the-art and recent advances in transient heat transfer research for buried hot waxy crude pipelines are summarized from the two aspects of the internal heat transfer from the oil to the pipe and the external heat transfer from the pipe to the surrounding soil. The factors governing the heat transfer of buried pipelines are discussed, and various methods involved to solve heat transfer through surrounding soil, analytically and numerically, are discussed and compared. The complex heat transfer with phase transformation and moving boundary for shut-down waxy crude pipelines is described and methods to tackle this complex heat transfer problem are introduced. The thermal and hydraulic interaction problem accompanied with transient flow in hot oil pipelines and their solutions are discussed. Problems needed to be further studied in transient heat transfer for buried hot waxy crude pipelines are pointed out.