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not really, the trick is to absorb as much combustion heat as possible using the best cooling agent around because this will minimize waste heat going to the coolant and exhaust gas. The more heat is absorbed by water in the combustion chamber, the more it will expand to push the piston down.
Understanding that it's almost impossible to have 0 waste heat, the escaping waste heat can be recovered and injected back into the combustion chamber. You will also notice that I dont use a smaller steam turbine to capitalize on the recovered waste heat. My research made me believe that using a single engine but getting the most from every stroke is the way to go.
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