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The usual way—boiling water.
by User23 2y ago
The usual way—boiling water.
- dredmorbius 2y agoMore generally: combustion, though there might be other options. Boiling water, internal combustion (turbines or reciprocating engines), or external combustion (heating a boiler, and using the steam to drive turbines), would cover most of it. There might be some more exotic options of fuel cells, but those tend to be cost-prohibitive. All combustion processes follow Carnot's laws, which limit fundamental efficiency.