Diesel fuel reforming strategy

A method of using a diesel reforming strategy is disclosed. The method comprises supplying diesel fuel (12) to a fractional distillation device (10). The diesel fuel (12) is fractionally distilled to produce a light fuel stream (14) and a heavy fuel stream (16). The light fuel stream (14) is reformed in a reformer (20) to produce a reformate (22). A method of making an apparatus for a diesel fuel reforming strategy and a method for using a fuel cell system is also disclosed. A fuel cell system for diesel fuel reforming is also disclosed.