Which outcome occurs when inefficiencies reduce a Carnot engine's cycle?

💡 Explanation

Entropy increases because inefficiencies introduce irreversibilities in the cycle via increased friction and heat loss; therefore, entropy generation grows above zero each cycle, rather than being ideally constant at zero for reversible idealized cycles.

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