A fuel supply assembly which receives a supply of liquid fuel feedstock
including hydrocarbons having higher and lower hydrocarbon content and
high molecular weight sulfur-containing compounds, the higher hydrocarbon
content and high molecular weight sulfur containing compounds being less
volatile that the lower hydrocarbon content. The fuel supply assembly
supplies fuel to a fuel cell assembly and has a housing unit adapted to
house the liquid fuel feedstock so that the liquid fuel feedstock is
subjected to vaporization conditions to allow at least a portion of the
liquid fuel feedstock to vaporize to form fuel feedstock vapor, the
vaporization conditions being such that the concentration of lower
hydrocarbon content is higher and the concentration of higher hydrocarbon
content and high molecular weight sulfur containing compounds is lower in
the fuel feedstock vapor than in the liquid fuel feedstock. A collecting
unit is also provided in the fuel supply assembly and the collecting unit
has a first end coupled with the housing unit and a second end adapted to
be coupled with the fuel cell assembly which collects the fuel feedstock
vapor from the housing unit to make the fuel feedstock vapor available to
the fuel cell assembly.