The invention relates to a device for detecting and evaluating the performance index in the processes of heat charge and heat release of a heat capacitor in the solar thermal power generation. The device for detecting and evaluating the processes of the heat charge and heat release of the heat capacitor is characterized in that the device comprises a first conduit (1), an air compressor (2), an air-drying filter (3), an air preheater (4), an air heater (5), an electrical control flow adjusting valve (6), a first flow indicator (7), a second flow indicator (9), a first temperature pressure sensor (11), a computer (12), a second temperature pressure sensor (13), a third temperature pressure sensor (14) and a second conduit (15), wherein, the first conduit (1) is provided with the air-drying filter (3), the air preheater (4), the air heater (5), the electrical control flow adjusting valve (6) and the first flow indicator (7) in sequence; the second conduit (15) is provided with the second flow indicator (9). The device has simple structure and easy operation and can detect and evaluate the index of the heat accumulation efficiency, the security and the durability in the processes of heat charge and heat release of the heat capacitor.