A combined desulphurization and pre-reforming processing unit converts
logistic fuels such as JP-5, JP-8, gasoline, and diesel with high sulfur
content levels, into a mixture of hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide,
carbon dioxide, and water without any sulfur or higher hydrocarbons. The
fuel is processed at lower temperatures with sulfur-resistant materials
in order to break down all the heavy hydrocarbons into methane and carbon
oxides while capturing the sulfur simultaneously. The resulting feed is
passed to a methane reforming system to generate additional hydrogen with
no effects of coking or sulfur poisoning on the reforming system. The
unit itself operates in a cyclic manner in order to regenerate the bed.