Instantaneous Complex Power Control of a Grid-Tied VSC Supplying a Constant Power Load

In this article, a nonlinear controller for a grid-tied voltage-source converter (VSC) supplying a constant power load is introduced. The control law combines a feedback loop and a feedforward compensator. The feedback loop strategy uses a feedback linearizing method for compensating nonlinearities appearing in the VSC model. The performance in the presence of changes between two different values of constant power is improved by including a fast feedforward compensation. This compensator uses estimates of power load and its time derivative obtained from a nonlinear observer. The resultant strategy is validated via simulation and experimental tests. These experiments show that the proposed scheme performs in a very good way.