Patent ID: 7948101

Claim:
A platform apparatus for producing hydrogen gas from water, comprising: a) a platform having a buoyant base configured for floating on a body of water, the base being securable to a bed of the body of water so as to allow for movement of the base resulting from wave motion of the body of water; b) a support member extending vertically upward from the base; c) a wind turbine rotationally coupled to the support member for transforming kinetic energy of wind into rotational energy; d) a generator coupled to the wind turbine for transforming the rotational energy generated by the wind turbine into direct current electrical energy; e) a pumping apparatus for collecting water from the body of water, wherein the pumping apparatus is powered by the movement of the base resulting from the wave motion of the body of water on the base, and wherein the pumping apparatus comprises a lower pump tube immersed in the body of water, which collects water from the body of water, an upper feed line that transports the collected water, and an air inlet connected to the lower tube to allow for intake and expulsion of air from the tube; and f) an electrolysis apparatus carried by the base for receiving the water collected by the pumping apparatus and for generating hydrogen gas from the collected water using the direct current electricity, wherein the electrolysis apparatus comprises an exchange chamber that receives the collected water from the upper feed line.