NOVELTY - The system has a hydrodesulfurization (HDS) reactor i.e. catalytic reactor, in which fuel undergoes catalytic reaction using HDS reactor catalyst i.e. nickel molybdenum catalyst. The reactor directs the fuel to an adsorbent bed i.e. zinc oxide bed, for removing sulfur or sulfur containing species from the fuel. The zinc oxide bed includes a main bed followed by a guard bed. Operating temperature of the hydrodesulfurization reactor is about 280 and 450 degree Celsius. Operating temperature of the adsorbent bed is about 40 degree Celsius.    USE - System for processing sulfur bearing fuel e.g. kerosene, petrol, jet propellant (JP) 8, Jet-A and diesel (all claimed). Can also be used for Jet-Al, JP5, navy fuel and heavy distillate.    ADVANTAGE - The system efficiently removes organic sulfur components from the fuel that can poison the catalysts in a reformer and electrode catalysts in a fuel cell. The system enables condensation of water from reformate supplied to the system so as to manage, rather than minimize, water going to the system. The system enables condensation of fuel after pressure reduction and at high temperature to minimize hydrogen sulfur sorption at an exit of the system, thus eliminating the need for special handling of downstream flows and potential for cold-end condensation, and hence eliminating the use of auxiliary burners for the sulfur containing streams. The zinc oxide bed eliminates dissolved sulfur in the condensed fuel, which is to be stripped before the fuel is placed in the clean fuel tank, and eliminates sulfur in the reformate off-gas from the system that results in cold-end component corrosion after combustion to sulfur-dioxide. The zinc-oxide bed is regenerated if needed, so as to achieve sufficient run time between maintenance. The system eliminates a fuel/water separation step after cleaning a fuel condenser, and eliminates a water clean-up step to remove dissolved hydrogen sulfur. The system includes a primary reformer that is operated reliably with steam to produce carbon ratios that are relatively high resulting in water content of 30 to 50 percent in the reformate. The system operates with lower water content in range of below 10 percent though the optimum water content.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for processing sulfur bearing fuel.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a block diagram of a fuel processing system.