An electrical machine comprising: a stator; a rotor magnetically coupled to said stator; the rotor being fabricated from magnetic conductive materials, including a permanent magnet portion and a shaft portion, a gap being defined between the stator and the rotor; a housing enclosing said rotor and said stator, said housing includes a peripheral surface and a radially inner surface, the radially inner surface facilitates channeling a first fluid at a first pressure through a portion of said housing; and a stator enclosure within said housing includes a substantially cylindrical radially outer wall that includes a radially inner surface and a radially outer surface, the radially outer surface and the inner surface of the housing facilitate maintaining a first fluid within said stator enclosure in a substantially annular radially outer passage, the the stator enclosure further includes a substantially cylindrical portion radially positioned within the gap which includes a radially inner surface and a radially outer surface, two conical portions being coupled to and extending radially and axially from the cylindrical portion, and further includes a substantially toroidal pressure responsive wall that facilitates mitigating pressure differences between the stator enclosure and the housing portion, the substantially toroidal pressure responsive wall extending between the substantially cylindrical radially outer wall and one of the conical portions, and a substantially toroidal access plate positioned opposite the substantially toroidal pressure responsive wall, a substantially toroidal access plate extending between and being removably coupled to the substantially cylindrical radially outer wall and one of the conical portions, the radially inner surface of the substantially cylindrical portion and the periphery of the rotor define a substantially annular radially inner passage for the first fluid, the stator enclosure containing a second fluid, such that the first fluid and the second fluid are substantially isolated by the stator enclosure and only the second fluid is in communication with the stator, at least one wall of the stator enclosure facilitating heat transfer from the second fluid to the first fluid. a stator; a rotor magnetically coupled to said stator; the rotor being fabricated from magnetic conductive materials, including a permanent magnet portion and a shaft portion, a gap being defined between the stator and the rotor; a housing enclosing said rotor and said stator, said housing includes a peripheral surface and a radially inner surface, the radially inner surface facilitates channeling a first fluid at a first pressure through a portion of said housing; and a stator enclosure within said housing includes a substantially cylindrical radially outer wall that includes a radially inner surface and a radially outer surface, the radially outer surface and the inner surface of the housing facilitate maintaining a first fluid within said stator enclosure in a substantially annular radially outer passage, the the stator enclosure further includes a substantially cylindrical portion radially positioned within the gap which includes a radially inner surface and a radially outer surface, two conical portions being coupled to and extending radially and axially from the cylindrical portion, and further includes a substantially toroidal pressure responsive wall that facilitates mitigating pressure differences between the stator enclosure and the housing portion, the substantially toroidal pressure responsive wall extending between the substantially cylindrical radially outer wall and one of the conical portions, and a substantially toroidal access plate positioned opposite the substantially toroidal pressure responsive wall, a substantially toroidal access plate extending between and being removably coupled to the substantially cylindrical radially outer wall and one of the conical portions, the radially inner surface of the substantially cylindrical portion and the periphery of the rotor define a substantially annular radially inner passage for the first fluid, the stator enclosure containing a second fluid, such that the first fluid and the second fluid are substantially isolated by the stator enclosure and only the second fluid is in communication with the stator, at least one wall of the stator enclosure facilitating heat transfer from the second fluid to the first fluid.