Which risk increases when a Carnot engine’s hot reservoir temperature drifts downward?

💡 Explanation

Decreasing the hot reservoir temperature in a Carnot engine lowers the overall temperature difference, thus increasing entropy production via the increased irreversibility of heat transfer rather than internal material stresses, because this reduces the potential work output; therefore, option D is correct rather than the others.

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