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Which limitation appears in a Carnot heat engine operating isothermally?

A)Efficiency reaches theoretical maximum.
B)Increased entropy during irreversible transfers.
C)Mechanical failures halts operation.
D)Temperature changes increase compressor load.

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Carnot's thermodynamic efficiency is limited by the irreversibility of real-world processes; therefore, increased entropy occurs since the Carnot cycle ideally assumes reversible isothermal and adiabatic processes, rather than perfect reversibility, maintaining its high theorical energy efficiency.

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