The invention discloses an external particle heat absorber and a
solar power generation
system. A particle
heat exchanger internally provided with a particle channel and a working medium channel is arranged, meanwhile, a heat absorption
pipe group is arranged to be communicated with two ends of the working medium channel to form a circulating pipeline, the working medium channel is in
heat transfer contact with the particle channel, and after a
phase change working medium in the heat absorption
pipe group absorbs heat and is evaporated into a gaseous
phase change working medium, the gaseous
phase change working medium enters the working medium channel to exchange heat with the cold particles in the particle channel and is condensed into a
liquid phase change working medium which flows back to the heat absorption
pipe group. The heated hot particles can be output to next external equipment from the output end of the particle channel. The
liquid phase change working medium is arranged as the middle heat exchange medium, heat is transmitted to the particles after
evaporation, and the particles are heated to the needed temperature, so that high efficiency is achieved, and the problem that an existing particle heat absorber is low in heat
absorption efficiency is solved. Meanwhile, the
particle technology is low in price and higher in heat absorption temperature, and the kilowatt-hour cost of a photo-
thermal power station can be greatly reduced under the condition of the same heat
absorption efficiency.