Homopolar energy conversion machine

A method of converting between mechanical energy and electrical energy, the method comprising the steps of:

• connecting a stator with first and second magnetic pole faces to a housing of a machine;
• attaching first and second rotors to a shaft thereby forming a rotor assembly, wherein the first rotor, the second rotor, and the shaft rotate in unison about a center axis of the rotor assembly, wherein the rotor assembly rotates relative to the stator, and wherein each of the first and second rotors include at least one magnetic pole face;
• assembling the rotor assembly into the housing, thereby forming a first gap between the stator's first magnetic pole face and the first rotor, and a second gap between the stator's second magnetic pole face and the second rotor;
• wrapping an electrical conductor around at least a portion of the stator, wherein multiple portions of the electrical conductor are fixedly attached to at least one of the first and second magnetic pole faces of the stator, wherein the multiple portions are positioned in at least one of the first and second gaps, and wherein current travels through each of the multiple portions in the same direction relative to the respective pole face to which the multiple portions are attached;
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• creating a magnetic flux field loop in the machine by positioning at least one magnetic source within the machine;
• rotating the magnetic flux field loop about the rotor's center axis, thereby causing the conductor portions of the electrical conductor to pass through the magnetic field loop as the loop rotates;
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• converting electrical energy to mechanical energy or mechanical energy to electrical energy in response to the rotating the magnetic flux field loop through the electrical conductor portions.