Fossil-fueled power generation will still be the major energy supply method, hence the carbon capture for power plant is essential for the control of global warming. Chemical absorption using amine solvents has been identified as the most feasible technology for post-combustion carbon capture. However, the high energy consumption is still a major problem and requires the development of high-efficient solvents, energy-saving flowsheets, optimal operation conditions and effective process control. In this study, for a 300 MW coal-fired power plant, a dynamic rate-based model for the overall amine-based absorption processes has been developed on the Aspen Custom Modeler® platform. The model was further utilized for steady state optimization of an energy-saving flowsheet, i.e. the simple-split flow configuration. Several control schemes based on the optimal solutions as the set-points of controllers were proposed and compared to the conventional control scheme for the control performance. For the energy-saving process, the steady state optimization study gives the minimal unit capture reboiler-duty of 3.5 GJ/ton CO2. The best control scheme is LG-TStr, compared to the conventional control scheme, CC-TStr, the stabilization period CO2 emission and reboiler-duty can be reduced by 61% and 62%, respectively.