A METHOD OF CONTROLLING A CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE SYSTEM OF A POWER PLANT.

摘要

A method of controlling a power plant (10), which power plant (10) comprises: a boiler (11) adapted for combusting an organic fuel and for generating steam and a process gas comprising carbon dioxide; a steam system; and a carbon dioxide capture system (13) adapted to remove at least a portion of the carbon dioxide from the process gas by contacting a carbon dioxide absorbent solution with the process gas, the method comprising: forwarding a portion of the steam produced by the power plant boiler (11) to a regenerator (24) of the carbon dioxide capture system (13); regenerating the absorbent solution in said regenerator (24) through heating of said carbon dioxide absorbent solution by means of the forwarded steam; and automatically controlling the operation of the carbon capture system (13) by means of at least one automatic controller. The power plant (10) may include a carbon dioxide capture system (13).