Which operational constraint most severely limits isothermal gas engine efficiency?

💡 Explanation

Insufficient cooling limits isothermal expansion because heat must be removed to maintain constant temperature; therefore, efficiency suffers, rather than the other factors which influence performance but not as fundamentally for near-isothermal compression.

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