Which limitation dictates maximum efficiency of a Carnot heat engine operating between two thermal reservoirs?

💡 Explanation

When a Carnot engine operates, entropy generation during processes prevents reaching ideal reversibility because real-world processes like friction generate entropy locally, increasing the system's energy unavailable for work. Therefore, entropy generation limits efficiency, unlike viscosity, conductivity or specific heat capacity, which are less fundamental to thermodynamic limits.

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