Multi-step defluorination of mixtures of fluorinated compounds

A system, comprising:

• a first reactor, wherein the first reactor is configured to:
• receive a mixture of fluorinated compounds;
• and
• partially defluorinate, by a first defluorinating species, the mixture of fluorinated compounds, wherein the first defluorinating species is a solid supported species;
• and
• at least one additional reactor, wherein the at least one additional reactor is configured to substantially defluorinate, by at least one additional defluorinating species, the partially defluorinated mixture of fluorinated compounds.

A system, comprising:

• a set of reactors configured to operate in sequence to substantially defluorinate a mixture of fluorinated compounds, wherein the operating in sequence comprises:
• receiving, at a first reactor from the set of reactors, the mixture of fluorinated compounds;
• defluorinating, by a first defluorinating species in the first reactor, a first species of fluorinated compound in the mixture of fluorinated compounds;
• and
• defluorinating, by a second defluorinating species in a second reactor from the set of reactors, a second species in the mixture of fluorinated compounds.

A process, comprising:

• substantially defluorinating, by a set of reactors configured to operate in sequence, a mixture of fluorinated compounds, wherein the substantially defluorinating comprises:
• receiving, at a first reactor from the set of reactors, the mixture of fluorinated compounds;
• defluorinating, by a first defluorinating species in the first reactor, a first species of fluorinated compound in the mixture of fluorinated compounds;
• and
• defluorinating, by a second defluorinating species in a second reactor from the set of reactors, a second species in the mixture of fluorinated compounds.

A system, comprising:

• a set of reactors configured to operate in sequence to substantially defluorinate a mixture of fluorinated compounds, wherein:
• the set of reactors comprises a reactor containing a first defluorinating species on a solid support;
• the first defluorinating species is an alkali metal;
• and
• the solid support is an oxide.