mixture called reformate the reactor 21 is communicably connected to a graphitic foam heat exchanger 22 which may be configured as a radiant cooler so that the reformate comprising essentially h 2 co co 2 and h 2 o is passed into and through the heat exchanger 22 for cooling the reformats the heat exchanger 22 is communicably connected to a cfcms scrubber 23 which in a preferred embodiment is a two stage unit capable of isolating co and or methane by adsorption on a cfcms variant activated to develop micropore characteristics i e pore width pore volume and surface area that provide specificity for co and or methane adsorption and thus removal from the gas stream so that the cooled reformate is passed into and through the cfcms scrubber 23 to extract co and or methane from the reformate the cfcms scrubber is communicably connected to a conventional fuel reformer 24 so that co and or methane from the cfcms scrubber 23 is recycled into and through the fuel reformer 24 for conversion to reformate the fuel reformer 24 is further communicably connected to the cooler 22 so that the reformate from the fuel reformer 24 is passed into and through the heat exchanger 22 elements 21 22 and 23 are connected via piping in series so that material passes through elements.