114 through multiple cooling holes 116 in a confined space 118 in a particular embodiment the velocity may vary between about 10 m sec to about 100 m sec a syngas is formed at the reaction zone 20 and passes through a quench 100 that provides rapid cooling prior to mixing with a stream 120 of natural gas and entering a combustion chamber 104 as referenced in fig5 a cooled syngas mixture 122 further enters into the combustion chamber 104 fig7 is a schematic illustration of a fuel reformer system 130 employing a ceramic liner 132 outside of walls 82 as referenced in fig5 of a reaction zone 20 as referenced in fig1 a slip stream of natural gas 84 passing through an inlet 86 pre mixes with a slip stream of air 88 entering through an inlet 90 in a mixing zone 18 as referenced in fig1 a syngas mixture is formed at the reaction zone 20 and passes through a quench 100 that provides rapid cooling prior to mixing with a stream 134 of natural gas and entering a combustion chamber 104 as referenced in fig5 a cooled mixture 136 further enters into the combustion chamber 104 the ceramic liner 132 provides desirable resistance against corrosion and high temperatures fig8 is a flow chart representing steps involved in an exemplary method 140 of operation of a fuel reformer system the method 140 includes introducing a slipstream of.