The invention is a reformate fuel treatment system for a fuel cell power
plant that includes at least one fuel cell for generating electricity from
process oxidant and reducing fluid reactant streams; fuel processing
components including a steam supply and a reformer for producing a
hydrogen enriched reformate fuel for the fuel cell from a hydrocarbon
fuel; and, an ammonia removal apparatus that treats the reformate fuel to
make it appropriate for supplying hydrogen to an anode electrode of the
fuel cell. The ammonia removal apparatus may be a disposable ammonia
scrubber, an ammonia scrubbing cool water bed and an ammonia stripping
warm water bed, a pair of first and second regenerable scrubbers, or a
single regenerable ammonia scrubber.