Superconducting homopolar inductor alternator for power applications

An auxiliary power system for marine applications comprising:

• a turbine engine configured to generate mechanical energy;
• a homopolar electrical machine receiving said mechanical energy;
• said homopolar electrical machine further comprising a stationary winding and a single stationary superconducting field coil separated radially inward from the stationary winding, the single stationary superconducting field coil configured to create a magnetic field;
• a homopolar rotor configured to rotate within said magnetic field such that a rotating magnetic field is created in said stationary winding by interaction of a rotating permeance wave produced by said homopolar rotor and said magnetic field produced by said single stationary field coil;
• said homopolar electrical machine configured as a power generation module;
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• said power generation module producing electrical power for the auxiliary power system.