Diesel steam reforming with CO2 fixing

A method for steam reforming a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon fuel, the method comprising the steps of:

• reducing the sulfur content of a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon fuel to a reduced-sulfur hydrocarbon fuel;
• catalytically converting the reduced-sulfur hydrocarbon fuel to a mixture of C1 and C2 hydrocarbons;
• steam reforming the mixture of C1 and C2 hydrocarbons at a steam reforming temperature in a catalyst bed to produce a reformate comprising hydrogen and carbon dioxide;
• and
• fixing at least a portion of the carbon dioxide in the reformate with a carbon dioxide fixing material in the catalyst bed to produce a hydrogen-rich reformate.

A method for generating electricity, the method comprising the steps of:

• reducing the sulfur content of a hydrocarbon fuel;
• converting a reduced-sulfur hydrocarbon fuel to a mixture of C1 and C2 hydrocarbons;
• steam reforming the mixture of C1 and C2 hydrocarbons at a steam reforming temperature in a catalyst bed to produce a reformate comprising hydrogen and carbon dioxide;
• and
• fixing at least a portion of the carbon dioxide in the reformate with a carbon dioxide fixing material in the catalyst bed to produce a hydrogen-rich reformate;
• and
• feeding the hydrogen-rich reformate to an anode of a fuel cell, wherein the fuel cell consumes a portion of the hydrogen-rich reformate and produces electricity, an anode tail gas, and a cathode tail gas.