Abstract: The CO2 contained in combustion fumes is captured by carrying out at least the following steps in combination: a) a fuel is burned, producing combustion fumes; b) the fumes are placed in contact with an absorbent solution in order to produce CO2-poor fumes and a CO2-laden solution; c) the CO2-laden solution is regenerated in a thermal regeneration column (RE) in order to produce a regenerated absorbent solution and a CO2-rich gaseous effluent (5); and d) the CO2-rich gaseous effluent is cooled in order to obtain a CO2-enriched gaseous fraction which is evacuated, and a liquid fraction, which is heated by heat exchanged with the combustion fumes and then introduced at the head of regeneration column (RE) as reflux (7).

Abstract: The CO2 contained in combustion fumes is captured by carrying out at least the following steps in combination: a) A fuel is burned, producing combustion fumes; b) The fumes are placed in contact with an absorbent solution in order to produce CO2-poor fumes and a CO2-laden solution; c) The CO2-laden solution is regenerated in a thermal regeneration column (RE) in order to produce a regenerated absorbent solution and a CO2-rich gaseous effluent (5); d) Said CO2-rich gaseous effluent is cooled in order to obtain a CO2-enriched gaseous fraction which is evacuated, and a liquid fraction which is introduced at the head of regeneration column (RE) as reflux (7); In addition, in step d), at least one of the following operations is conducted: i) Said gaseous effluent is cooled (C1) to an intermediate temperature in order to produce a liquid flow and a gaseous flow, then the gaseous flow is subcooled (C2) in order to produce said gaseous fraction and said liquid fraction, said liquid flow and said liquid frac