Abstract
This paper presents a homogenized electrothermal model for
high-temperature superconductor (HTS) stacks made of multiple REBCO
tapes, which reduces the computational complexity of their thermal
analysis. An average heat capacity and an orthotropic heat conductivity
are derived for the equivalent thermal properties of the HTS coil. The
proposed homogenization method is verified to produce the same results
as the full model with an error below 5% for a range of scenarios,
including transport losses, magnetization losses, AC frequencies from 50
to 300 Hz and a temperature range from 25 to 80 K. This new model allows
for the use of a significantly coarser mesh, which reduces the
computation time by an order of magnitude compared to the full model.