TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING - Preferred Components: The outlet zone comprises less than 40 vol.% (preferably less than 20 vol.%) reforming catalyst. It includes a carbon dioxide fixing material and/or a water-gas shift catalyst, and a heat-transfer device for removing heat from the outlet zone. The reaction zones include an inlet zone proximate the inlet and comprising a reforming catalyst and a water-gas shift catalyst, and an intermediate zone disposed between the inlet and outlet zones and comprising a mixture of at least two of reforming catalyst, carbon dioxide fixing material and water-gas shift catalyst. The reactor includes additional catalyst bed(s), a polishing unit connected with the outlet of the catalyst bed, and a heat-generating device connected to the catalyst bed for delivering heat to the catalyst bed.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The reforming reactants comprise hydrocarbon fuel and steam. The first and second catalyst compositions and the mixture may contain a water-gas shift catalyst. The mixture comprises a low-temperature water-gas shift catalyst.Preferred Method: The method includes heating the catalyst bed to a reforming temperature before contacting the reforming reactants with the first catalyst composition, removing heat from the carbon dioxide-depleted reformate before contacting the carbon dioxide-depleted reformate with the mixture, heating the carbon dioxide fixing material to a calcination temperature to release fixed carbon dioxide and form a calcined carbon dioxide fixing material, hydrating the calcined carbon dioxide fixing material with steam, and polishing the hydrogen-rich reformate to remove impurities. The polishing step is performed by water removal, methanation, selective oxidation, pressure swing adsorption, temperature swing adsorption, and/or membrane separation.Alternatively, the carbon dioxide fixing material is heated to a calcination temperature within a first catalyst bed, and the method includes directing reforming reactants to a second catalyst bed; contacting the reforming reactants with a first catalyst composition comprising reforming catalyst in the second catalyst bed to produce a partially reformed reformate comprising hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and unreacted reforming reactants; contacting the partially reformed reformate with a second catalyst composition comprising reforming catalyst and carbon dioxide fixing material in the second catalyst bed to produce a reformate comprising hydrogen and carbon dioxide, with the carbon dioxide fixing material fixing portion(s) of the carbon dioxide to provide a carbon dioxide-depleted reformate and fixed carbon dioxide; and contacting the carbon dioxide-depleted reformate with a mixture of carbon dioxide fixing material and less than 50% reforming catalyst to produce a hydrogen-rich reformate.