The invention aims to provide a heater for low-temperature
ethylene unloading and a working method of the heater. The heater is characterized by comprising a shell pass cylinder, a supporting skirt, a
methanol injection port, a drain outlet, a first seal head, an
ethylene reinforced cylinder section, an
ethylene side
pipe box, a first heat exchange
pipe bundle, a second seal head, a steam reinforced cylinder section, a steam side
pipe box, a second heat exchange pipe bundle, a first detection instrument, a
safety valve port, an emptying interface, a liquid level detection interface and a second detection instrument, a detection instrument and a man hole; the ethylene side pipe box is provided with an ethylene
injection port and an ethylene outlet, and the steam side pipe box is provided with a
steam injection port and a condensate outlet. The whole set of device adopts a double-heat-exchanger structural design, the medium of one group of heat exchange pipe bundles is low-temperature ethylene, the medium of the other group of heat exchange pipe bundles is
water vapor, the medium in the cylinder is
methanol, and the steam and the low-temperature ethylene exchange heat indirectly, so that the purpose of rising the temperature of the ethylene is achieved. The heater is compact in overall structure, good in
heat transfer effect, is energy-saving and environment-friendly, is low in cost, and is safe and reliable.