Which efficiency drop occurs in a car engine when thermal gradients are insufficiently managed?

💡 Explanation

Irreversible heat transfer increases disorder, so engine efficiency drops because entropy generated during unmanaged thermal gradients dissipates useful work, therefore reducing output, rather than piston expansion because temperature differentials cause non-adiabatic compression stages.

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