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[1]  R.M. Mathur and R.K. Varma, "Thyristor-Based FACTS Controllers for Electrical Transmission Systems", IEEE Press and Wiley, New York, USA, Feb. 2002, 495 pages

 

This book:

v      is being used as a textbook in Universities in Canada and internationally

v      has been translated into Chinese language by Wiley.

v      is being used as textbook in courses on Reactive Power Control for electric utility engineers conducted by University of Wisconsin, Madison

v      is serving as an  important comprehensive resource for academicians, students and practicing engineers in FACTS technology, worldwide.

 

            Editorships / Book Chapters

 

[2]       Co-Editor, IEEE Special Publication of the Working Group, “Transmission System Application Requirements for FACTS Controllers”, 2006

[3]       Co-Editor, IEEE Special Publication of the Working Group I5, “Voltage Source Converters”, 2007

[4]        Chapter Contributor in the IEEE Special Publication of the I4 Working Group, “Use of Power Electronics in Major Grids for Generation Requirements”

[5]       W. Litzenberger, R.K. Varma, J.D. Flanagan (Editors), "An Annotated Bibliography of High Voltage Direct - Current (HVDC) Transmission and Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) 1996-1997", published by E.P.R.I. and Bonneville Power Administration (B.P.A.), U.S.A., in July 1998, on behalf of the IEEE Working Group on HVDC and FACTS Bibliography and Records; Presented at the IEEE Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, San Diego, USA, July 1998, 521 pages

[6]       W. Litzenberger and R.K. Varma (Editors), "An Annotated Bibliography of High Voltage Direct - Current (HVDC) Transmission and Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) 1994-1995", published by Department of Energy, U.S.A., and Bonneville Power Administration (B.P.A.), U.S.A., in July 1996, on behalf of the IEEE Working Group on HVDC and FACTS Bibliography and Records; Presented at the IEEE Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, Denver, USA, July 1996, 346 pages

 

                Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals

           

            [1]    R.K. Varma, S. Auddy and Y. Semsedini, “Mitigation of Subsynchronous Resonance in a Series Compensated Wind Farm using FACTS Controllers”, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp 1645 - 1654, July 2008

             [2]      R. P. Gupta, S. C. Srivastava, and R. K. Varma, "Remote Terminal Units for Distribution Automation: Development and Commissioning Experience", International Journal of Computer and Applications, Canada, Vol. 36, Issue 2, 2008. Available at:
http://www.actapress.com/Abstract.aspx?paperId=33271

            [3]       Varma, Rajiv K.; Gupta, R. P.; and Auddy, Soubhik (2007) "Damping of Inter-Area Oscillation in Power Systems by Static Var Compensator (SVC) Using PMU-Acquired Remote Bus Voltage Angles," International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems: Vol. 8 : Iss. 4, Article 6. Available at: http://www.bepress.com/ijeeps/vol8/iss4/art6

             [4]       F. Albasri, T.S. Sidhu and R.K. Varma, “Performance Comparison of Distance Protection Schemes for Shunt- FACTS Compensated Transmission Lines” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Volume 22, No. 4,  pp 2116 -2125, Oct. 2007

             [5]        R. P. Gupta and R. K. Varma, "Power Distribution Automation: Development and Implementation Experience", International Journal of Power and Energy Systems, Canada, Vol. 27, Issue 2, 2007. Available at:
http://www.actapress.com/PaperInfo.aspx?paperId=30838

            [6]       R.K. Varma and Tejbir Sidhu, “Bibliographic Review of FACTS and HVDC Applications in Wind Power Systems”, International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, Vol. 7: No. 3, Article 7, Berkeley Electronic Press, USA, 2006, Available at: http://www.bepress.com/ijeeps/vol7/iss3/art7 

            [7]        R.P. Gupta and R.K. Varma, “Distribution Control Centre: Software Integration”, International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, Berkeley Electronic Press, USA, 2005 

            [8]       T.S. Sidhu, R.K. Varma, P. Kumar, F. Albasri and G. Rosas, “Performance of Distance Relays on Shunt-FACTS Compensated Transmission Lines”, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 20, pp. 1837-45, July 2005

             [9]        R. Peng, R.K. Varma and Jin Jiang,  “New Static Var Compensator (SVC) Based Damping Control Using Remote Generator Speed Signal”, International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy, U.K. Vol. 4. Nos.3/4, pp. 255-273, 2006

           [10]    N.K. Sharma, Arindam Ghosh, and R.K. Varma, "A Novel Placement Strategy for FACTS Controllers", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 982-987, July 2003 

          [11]    N.K. Sharma, B. Das, Arindam Ghosh, and R.K. Varma, "Determination of Suitable Locations for Shunt Compensators in Multi-machine Power Systems", Electrical Machines and Power Systems, Vol. 28, No. 5, 2000 

[12]      R.K. Varma, R.M. Mathur, G.J. Rogers, and P. Kundur, "Modeling Effects of System Frequency Variation in Long-Term Stability Studies", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 827-832, May 1996 

[13]       K.R. Padiyar and R.K. Varma, "Damping Torque Analysis of Static Var System Controllers", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 458-465, May 1991 

[14]    K.R. Padiyar and R.K. Varma, "Static Var System Auxiliary Controllers for Improvement of Dynamic Stability", International Journal of Electric Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 12,  No. 4, pp. 287-297, Oct. 1990 

[15]    K.R. Padiyar and R.K. Varma, "Static Var System Auxiliary Controllers for Damping of Torsional Oscillations", International Journal of Electric Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 12,  No. 4, pp. 271-286, Oct. 1990 

[16]      K.R. Padiyar and R.K. Varma, "Concepts of SVS Control for Enhancing Power Transfer in Long Transmission Lines", Electric Machines and Power Systems, Vol. 18, pp. 337-358, 1990 

[17]       K.R. Padiyar and R.K. Varma, "Development of Parity Simulation for Thyristor Controlled Reactor", Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India), Vol. 67, Pt. EL4, Feb. 1987

  

                        Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings

 

[1]       R.K. Varma, M. Dang and S. Auddy, “Over Voltages at the Terminal of a Wind Farm Connected to a Coupled Double Circuit Transmission Line”, Accepted for the 2007 CIGRÉ Canada Conference on “Technical and Business Challenges of the Next Generation of Power Systems”, Aug. 27-28, 2007, Calgary, Canada

 

[2]        Jonathan Berge and Rajiv K. Varma, “Design and Development of a Static Var Compensator for Load Compensation Using Real-Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) and Hardware Simulation”, Accepted for 2007 Large Engineering Systems Conference on Power Engineering (LESCOPE’ 07), October 10-12, 2007, Montreal, Canada

 

[3]       R.K. Varma, Y. Semsedini and S. Auddy, “Mitigation of Subsynchronous Oscillations in a Series Compensated Wind Farm with Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitor (TCSC)”, Proc. of Power System Conference, Advanced Metering, Protection, Control, Communications and Distributed Resources, Clemson, USA March, 2007

 

[4-5]     R. K. Varma, W. Litzenberger, S. Auddy and D. Patel, “Bibliography of HVDC Transmission: 2001-2003 Parts I and II IEEE Working Group Report,” Proc. of IEEE PES General Meeting, Tampa, Florida, USA, June 2007 – two papers

 

[6]        R. K. Varma, W. Litzenberger, S. Auddy and D. Patel, “Bibliography of HVDC Transmission: 2005-2006 IEEE Working Group Report,” Proc. of IEEE PES General Meeting, June 2007, Tampa, Florida, USA

 

[7-8]      R. K. Varma, W. Litzenberger, A. Ostadi and S. Auddy, “Bibliography of FACTS: 2005-2006 Parts I and II IEEE Working Group Report,” Proc. IEEE PES General Meeting, June 2007, Tampa, Florida, USA – two papers

 

[9-10]    R. K. Varma, W. Litzenberger, J. Berge, “Bibliography of FACTS:  2001 - Parts I and II:  IEEE Working Group Report”, Proc. of IEEE PES General Meeting, June 2007, Tampa, Florida, USA - two papers

 

[11-12] R. K. Varma, W. Litzenberger, J. Berge, “Bibliography of FACTS: 2002 - Parts I and II:  IEEE Working Group Report”, Proc. of IEEE PES General Meeting 2007, June 2007, Tampa, Florida, USA - two papers

 

[13-14] R. K. Varma, W. Litzenberger, J. Berge, “Bibliography of FACTS 2003: Parts I and II:  IEEE Working Group Report”, Proc. of IEEE PES General Meeting, June 2007, Tampa, Florida, USA - two papers

 

[15]      R.K. Varma and S. Auddy, “Mitigation of Subsynchronous Oscillations in a Series Compensated Wind Farm with Static Var Compensator”, Proc. of IEEE PES General Meeting 2006, Montreal, Canada

 

[16]     R.K. Varma and S. Auddy, “Mitigation of Subsynchronous Resonance by SVC using PMU-Acquired Remote Generator Speed”, Proc. of 2006 IEEE Power India Conference, New Delhi, India, April 2006.

 

[17]     R.K. Varma, (Chair), W. Litzenberger (Vice Chair), S. Auddy, J. Berge, A.C. Cojocaru and T. Sidhu, “Bibliography of HVDC Transmission 2004-2005: IEEE Working Group Report”, Proc. of IEEE PES General Meeting 2006, Montreal, Canada

 

[18-20] R.K. Varma, (Chair), W. Litzenberger (Vice Chair), S. Auddy, J. Berge, A.C. Cojocaru and T. Sidhu, “Bibliography of FACTS: 2004-2005 - Parts I, II and III: IEEE Working Group Report”, Proc. of IEEE PES General Meeting 2006, Montreal, Canada – Three papers

 

[21]       F. Albasri, T.S. Sidhu and R.K. Varma, “Impact of Shunt- FACTS on Distance Protection of Transmission Lines”, Proc. of Power Systems Conference PSC06, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA, 2006.

 

[22]       R. P. Gupta and R. K. Varma, “Remotely Operable Load Break Switch for Distribution Network”, Proceedings of IEEE PES General Meeting 2005, San Francisco, USA

[23]       C.P. Gupta, S.C. Srivastava and R. K. Varma, "Static cum Dynamic Criteria of SVC Placement for Voltage Stability Enhancement", Accepted for presentation in the International Conference on Power Systems - Challenges to Electric Utilities in the New Millennium, Kathmandu, Nepal, November 2004

[24]       R. P. Gupta and R. K. Varma, “Agent Based Software Integration at Distribution Control Center”, Proceedings of IEEE PES General Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA, June, 2004.

 

[25]       R. P. Gupta, Sachchidanand and R. K. Varma, “Novel Software Architecture for Power Distribution Automation”, Proceedings of IEEE PES General Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 13-17, 2003.

 

[26]       N.K. Sharma, A. Ghosh and R.K. Varma, “Modeling of Multiple FACTS Controllers for Multimachine Power System, A Modular Approach”, Accepted for publication in Proceedings of 12^th National Power Systems Conference, IIT Kharagpur, India,  Dec. 27-29, 2002

 

[27]       A. Saxena, S. Ray and  R.K. Varma, “A Novel Electric Shock Protection System Based on Contact Currents on Skin Surface”,  Proceedings of 12^th National Power Systems Conference, IIT Kharagpur, India, December 27-29, 2002

 

[28]       N.K. Sharma, A. Ghosh and R.K. Varma, “Control Interaction between FACTS Controllers in Multimachine System”, Proceedings of CIGRE International Conference on Bulk Power Transmission Integration in Developing Countries, 8-10 Nov.2001, New Delhi, India, pp. V1-V10

 

[29]       N.K. Sharma, A. Ghosh, and R.K. Varma, “A Novel Extended Voltage Phasors Approach for Placement of FACTS Controllers in Multimachine Power Systems”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Energy, Automation and Information Technology – 2001, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 2001, pp. 516-519

 

[30]       N.K. Sharma, R.K. Varma, A. Ghosh, “Placement Strategy for FACTS Controllers”, Proceedings of 11^th National Power Systems Conference, Bangalore, India, Dec. 2000, pp. 57-62

 

[31]       S.C. Srivastava, R.K. Varma, C.P. Gupta, V. Venkataraman, “Voltage Stability Based Contingency Ranking and Stability Margin Enhancement”, Proceedings of 11^th National Power Systems Conference, Bangalore, India, Dec. 2000, pp. 719-724

 

[32]       C.P. Gupta, S.C. Srivastava and R. K. Varma, "Enhancement of Static Voltage Stability Margin with Reactive Power Dispatch using FACTS Devices", Proceedings of the 13th Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC'99), June 28 - July 2, 1999, Trondheim, Norway, pp. 1009-1015.

[33]       Manoj Gupta and R.K. Varma, "Long Term Stability Analysis of Power Systems Experiencing Large Frequency Variations", Proceedings of the 10th National Power Systems Conference, Vadodara, India, Oct. 1998, pp. 79-91

 

[34]        R.P. Gupta, G. Tiwari, S. Venkateswaran, P.V.K. Reddy, R.K. Varma, S.C. Srivastava, Sachchidanand, N. Patnaik, and S. Patnaik, "Remote Monitoring and Control of Distribution Transformer and Feeders", Proceedings of the 10th National Power Systems Conference, Vadodara, India, Oct. 1998, pp. 268-275

 

[35]       R.P. Gupta, R.K. Varma, Sachchidanand, S.S. Prabhu, A.K. Das, Ramnath, S. Nayar, A.K. Tripathi, "Controlled SVCs for Better Management of Northern Grid of India", Paper 38-102, CIGRE Paris, 1998

 

[36]        C. P. Gupta, R. K. Varma and S.C. Srivastava, "A Method to Determine Closest Hopf Bifurcation in Power Systems Considering Exciter and Load Dynamics", Proceedings of 'Energy Management and Power Delivery Conference 1998 (EMPD'98)', Singapore, March 3-5, 1998.

 

[37]       S.C. Srivastava, R.K. Varma and Alok Tyagi, "Singularity of Reduced Jacobian Matrices for Identifying Voltage and Angle Instability", Proceedings of the International Conference on 'Advances in Power System Control, Operation & Management APSCOM'97', Hong Kong, 11-14 Nov. 1997.

 

[38]       R.P. Gupta, P.V.K. Reddy, R.K. Varma, Sachchidanand, S.S. Prabhu, A.K. Das, A.K. Tripathi, G.P. Chaukiyal and T. Adhikari, "Analysis and Control of Dynamic Interaction Among Multiple Static Var Compensators in the NREB Power System", Proceedings of the 9th National Power Systems Conference, Kanpur, India, Dec. 1996, pp. 272-278

 

[39]       R.P. Gupta, G. Tiwari, P.V.K. Reddy, R.K. Varma, Sachchidanand, and T.V. Prabhakar, "An Approach for Development of Distribution Automation Software", Proceedings of the 9th National Power Systems Conference, Kanpur, India, Dec. 1996, pp. 49-53

 

[40]       K.R. Padiyar, R.K. Varma, S. Gupta, and M. Kumar, "A Novel Static Var      Compensator Control for Damping Subsynchronous Oscillations", Proceedings of the 8th National Power Systems Conference, New Delhi, India, Dec. 1994, pp. 331-335

 

[41]       N.K. Sharma, B. Das, Sachchidanand, and R.K. Varma, "Coordinated Control of PSS and SVC for Small Signal Stability Improvement", Proceedings of the 8th National Power Systems Conference, New Delhi, India, Dec. 1994, pp. 520-525

 

[42]        A. Ghosh, K.V. Patil, and R.K. Varma, "An LQG/LTR Auxiliary Controller for Static Var Systems", Proceedings of Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference AUPEC 1993, Wollongong, Australia, Vol. 2, pp. 625-630

 

[43]       R.P. Gupta, Sachchidanand, G.K. Dubey, R.K. Varma and P.V.K. Reddy,      "Microprocessor Based Control of Static Var Compensator for Load Power Factor Correction", Proceedings of the 6th National Power Systems  Conference, Bombay, Jun. 1990, India, pp. 429-434

 

[44]       K.R. Padiyar and R.K. Varma, "Performance of Static Var Systems in      Enhancing Power Transfer: Analytical Prediction and Simulator Studies", Proceedings of the 5th National Power Systems Conference, Bangalore, India, Sep. 1988, pp. 45-51

[45]       K.R. Padiyar and R.K. Varma, "Control of Static Var Systems for Damping Torsional Oscillations", Proceedings of the 5th National Power Systems Conference, Bangalore, India, Sep. 1988, pp. 251-257

 

[46]        K.R. Padiyar and R.K. Varma, "Transmission Capacity Improvement by Static Var Systems", Proceedings of the International Seminar on EHV/UHV AC, HVDC Transmission Systems, Bangalore, India, May 1987

 

[47]       K.R. Padiyar and R.K. Varma, "Control of Static Var Systems", Proceedings of the All India Seminar on EHV Transmission, Trivandrum, India, Sep. 1985

 

[48]       K.R. Padiyar and R.K. Varma, "Development of Parity Simulation for Power System Applications", Proceedings of the 2nd National Power Systems Conference, Hyderabad, India, Sep. 1983

 

 

Abstracts, Presentations at Professional Meetings

           

                 [1]       R.K. Varma, “Mitigation of SSR in Series Compensated Wind Farms by Flexible AC Transmission Systems”, an invited IEEE lecture at Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore, India, January 2007

 

                 [2]       R.K. Varma, “Flexible AC Transmission Systems”, Paper Presented in Hindi (national language) at National Technical Seminar in Power Systems, Central Electricity Authority, New Delhi, India, October 1999

           

                 [3]       R.K. Varma, “Concepts of Flexible AC Transmission Systems”, Presentation at National Symposium on Voltage Stability in Power Systems, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, December 1997

 

                        Technical Writings

                        Reports:                       

 

[1]       R.K. Varma, S. Auddy and D. Patel, “Influence of Wind Power Distributed Generation on Transformer Operation and Voltage Regulation in Manitoulin Distribution Feeder System of Hydro One”, Oct. 2007

 

[2]        R.K. Varma and R.M. Mathur, "Supplement to a Bibliography for Static Var Compensators (SVC) and Related Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) Devices [1984-1994]", An Annotated Bibliography of HVDC Transmission and Flexible AC Transmission (FACTS) Devices (1991-1993) published by Bonneville Power Administration (B.P.A.), Western Area Power Administration, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., on behalf of the IEEE Working Group on HVDC Bibliography and Records.

 

[3]        R.M. Mathur, J. Jiang, and R.K. Varma, "Application of PWM Frequency Controllers", Final Report, Contract No. P.O. 94-69921, Sunoco Inc., Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, November 1994, 53 pages

 

[4]        R.M. Mathur and R.K. Varma, "Modeling Effects of System Frequency Variation in Transient Stability Studies", Final Report, Contract No. P.O. 957595726-11, Ontario Hydro, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 1993, 72 pages

 

[5]        R.P. Gupta, Sachchidanand, G.K. Dubey, R.K. Varma and P.V.K. Reddy, "Microprocessor Based Control of Static Var Compensator for Load Power Factor Correction", Technical report DOE/IIT-K/90, IIT Kanpur, India, August 1990, 108 pages

 

[6]        K.R. Padiyar and R.K. Varma, " Simulation of Static Var System on HVDC Simulator", Technical report, DOE/IIT-K/4/88/3, IIT Kanpur, India, December 1988, 54 pages

 

 

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