Which outcome results when a Carnot engine operates with irreversible heat transfer across a finite temperature difference?

💡 Explanation

When heat transfer occurs across a finite temperature difference, irreversibility introduces entropy generation because the process is never in equilibrium, reducing the area within the T-S diagram. Therefore entropy generation increases, rather than ideal efficiency, constant temperature or increased area which violate thermodynamic principals.

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