Which process limits Carnot engine efficiency operating between fixed temperature reservoirs?

💡 Explanation

When Carnot engine operates, any irreversibility, such as friction, causes entropy generation because it increases the system's disorder creating a thermal energy that can't be fully converted back into work. Therefore entropy generation limits its efficiency, rather than purely heat/kinetic loss or stress, which would not fundamentally alter thermodynamic reversibility of the ideal cycle.

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