Reforming units for hydrogen production

A reforming unit for hydrogen production, the reforming unit comprising:

• a catalytic burner defining a burner cavity;
• a reaction assembly within the burner cavity and in thermal communication therewith, the reaction assembly including:
• a reactor conduit extending annularly around an axis and axially between an input port and an output port, the input port being fluidly coupled to a wet fuel source supplying wet fuel, the reactor conduit having distributed therein a plurality of catalyst elements;
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• a syngas conduit extending along the axis, within the reactor conduit and in thermal communication therewith, the syngas conduit having an input port fluidly coupled to the output port of the reactor conduit, and an output port;
• the catalytic burner having a plurality of injection devices surrounding the burner cavity, wherein, upon activation, the injection devices inject an ignition mixture within the burner cavity, the ignition mixture reacting with catalyst contained within the burner cavity to generate heat, the heat heating the reactor conduit and the wet fuel thereby feeding, in cooperation with the plurality of catalyst elements, an endothermic reforming reaction producing a hydrogen containing syngas outputted at the output of the syngas conduit.