Abstract: The research methods on adsorption equilibrium parameters and mass transfer coefficients of C8 aromatics at present were reviewed. The static and dynamic methods in obtaining adsorption equilibrium parameters and the methods in obtaining mass transfer coefficients, including the intake method, the zero length column (ZLC) method, the pulse method, the breakthrough curves method and the membrane method, were summarized. The principle of various experimental methods and data processing method and application were introduced. In order to develop the industrial process, the static methods for adsorption equilibrium parameters and adsorption quantity and breakthrough curves method for fiting the transfer coefficients of isomers were used in our research. The simulation data were conducted by the computer software (Aspen Plus) to confirm the parameters obtained by the experiment.