CO2 capture from coal-fired power plants using a monoethanolamine (MEA) solution is one of the most promising technologies for CO, abatement. The MEA absorption process for CO2 capture from power plants is an inherently dynamic system that is affected by the load variations in the upstream power plant because of fluctuations in electricity demand. This paper presents an experimental study of the dynamic behavior of a stripping column after various disturbances. Tests of negative and positive steps of different magnitudes in the reboiler heat duty were conducted to determine the process gain and time constant. The dynamic behavior of the desorption process was also investigated using ramp tests of different magnitude in the reboiler heat duties and feed solvent temperatures. The results show that the desorption process response to the heat duty could be approximated as a first-order time delay model. The solvent holdup time in the reboiler was the dominant factor controlling the system response time. The results also show that the CO2 capture is a nonlinear process.