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my calculation does not include any thermal energy from the caliper. That 70% comes only from "energy within the system".
For stationary engine, you can pack in lots of thermal energy from sun, geothermal, industrial waste heat, you name it. Anything that increases the water temperature counts. For normal steam engine, Water at 80C or 90C carries lots of energy but the enthalpy is low so you cannot do any work. Not anymore with this engine, just pack in whatever thermal energy that the water can carry and shoot it into the combustion chamber. Within milisecond the enthalpy of the water will increase by 20 times.
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