Dynamic experiments were carried out in a gas-liquid stirred cell reactor and equations describing the reactor behaviour were derived. Different procedures of applying these equations to obtain the relevant rate parameters from the experimental data were proposed. A rigorous method was developed which takes the liquid bulk load into account. The latter method is advantageous as several experiments can be conducted in series. This procedure was compared with other considered methods and applied to the determination of the reaction kinetics of the system CO2-monoethanolamine. The determined kinetics is in good agreement with those of earlier investigations. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.