Abstract: Starting fr, om the experimental equipment of wax deposition, thermal models of wax deposition and thermodynamics models of wax deposition, this paper systemically summarizes the study and progress of wax deposition at home and abroad, analyzes the advantages and disadvantages on different equipments of wax deposition and presents the available scope for the thermal models of wax deposition and thermodynamics models of wax deposition as well as the main problems existed in them.