As noted in the previous section, there is continued interest in synthetic liquid fuel (SLF) production in China and Russia. The energy consumption and production in China is

dominated by coal and there is a shortage of liquid fuel supply. The application of high — temperature reactors to convert coal to liquid fuel is, therefore, of interest.

There is also interest in Russia in converting low-grade brown coal to motor fuel. The VGM-P, HTR-10 and BN-600 systems, as described in the previous section, are seen as possible candidates for refining of coal, which requires still higher temperatures than are needed for oil refinement. The high-temperature gas reactors could also be used in the production of hydrogen, ammonia and mineral fertilisers by, e. g. methane steam conversion or other means.