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Item An alternate way(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1981) Hillman, RichardItem Wind powered irrigation in Montana(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 1986) Cahoon, JoelItem Long term fatigue of glass fiber reinforced composite materials for wind turbine blades(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 1991) Reed, Robert MichaelItem Wind-electric power generation in Montana(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 1976) Obermeier, John LeeItem Effects of toughened matrix resins on composite materials for wind turbine blades(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 1999) Orozco, RicardoItem Piezoelectric polymer wind generators(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 1983) Darejeh, HadiItem Modeling and control of hybrid wind/photovoltaic/fuel cell distributed generation systems(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 2006) Wang, Caisheng; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: M. Hashem NehrirDue to ever increasing energy consumption, rising public awareness of environmental protection, and steady progress in power deregulation, alternative (i.e., renewable and fuel cell based) distributed generation (DG) systems have attracted increased interest. Wind and photovoltaic (PV) power generation are two of the most promising renewable energy technologies. Fuel cell (FC) systems also show great potential in DG applications of the future due to their fast technology development and many merits they have, such as high efficiency, zero or low emission (of pollutant gases) and flexible modular structure. The modeling and control of a hybrid wind/PV/FC DG system is addressed in this dissertation. Different energy sources in the system are integrated through an AC bus. Dynamic models for the main system components, namely, wind energy conversion system (WECS), PV energy conversion system (PVECS), fuel cell, electrolyzer, power electronic interfacing circuits, battery, hydrogen storage tank, gas compressor and gas pressure regulator, are developed. Two types of fuel cells have been modeled in this dissertation: proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) and solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC).