“…(1) adaptive systems attempts to estimate the influent disturbances [26], the parameters [7,12], the state variables [9,10] and/or kinetics [11,14,15] on-line. With the information estimated, a PID like, or more sophisticated control strategies can be readily applied; (2) robust and optimal control [13,28], on the other hand, is based only on simplified linear models used to develop a feedback law to treat nonlinearities, parameter variations and load disturbances, while (3) feedback linearization or similar [4,24,29] is employed to compensate the known nonlinear kinetics through certain implied information contained in (on-line) measurable parameters such as the off gases; and (4) intelligent control system [17,18,30] utilises the experiences gained from the reactor operation.…”