Which mechanism reduces thermal efficiency in a gas turbine engine during hot gas ingestion?

💡 Explanation

When hot gas re-enters the turbine inlet, it effectively increases the back pressure and reduces thermodynamic expansion, lowering the pressure ratio across the turbine because the expansion work output decreases. Therefore reduced pressure ratio is the cause, rather than creep, surge, or leaning, which involve different thermodynamic imbalances.

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