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My expert guess in this specific case is that the "Adaptatable Thermic Reactor" is a very very 'scientific' way of saying "this thing burns promethium, very efficiently"

In short I would assume they are just Very Very efficient (compared to today's standards) Internal combustion engines. Hence the fuel tanks/jerry cans on rhinos and the exhaust stacks on Everything.