To examine the applicability of the circulating moving bed process to CO2 recovery, the performance of the system was evaluated by installingin a coal-thermal power plant, a test unit is capable of processing 50 m(3)/h of real flue gas. The circulating moving bed process for CO2 recovery consists of a adsorption tower, a regeneration tower and other devices. The flue gas is fed continuously into the adsorption tower, where CO2 is adsorbed onto the packed adsorbent. The adsorbent saturated with CO2 is fed into the regeneration tower, where CO2 is recovered by heating/depressurizing, and the regenerated adsorbent is circulated back to the adsorption tower. The demonstration test confirmed that the process could recover highly pure CO2 with low energy consumption. The performance of the process was stable for about 8,500 h. And the process was operated continuously for 520 h. It was confirmed that the system was capable of recovering 90% Of CO2 with 99% purity. This leads to the conclusion that the moving bed process is suitable for recovering CO2 from the flue gas. The electrical consumption and heat consumption were 263 kWh/t-CO2 and 3.66x10(6) kJ/t-CO2, respectively. The refrigerator and flue gas blower in the process consumed the major portion of electrical energy, while the thermal energy was mainly consumed in the regeneration tower. The circulating moving bed process can be operated without countermeasures for material corrosion because the entice system is dry. The process is durable and easy in maintenance. Because zeolite is harmless, the process is superior to the conventional wet scrubbing with respect to safety and environmental impacts.