Which risk increases when a Carnot heat engine operates near theoretical limits?

💡 Explanation

When approaching Carnot’s theoretical maximum efficiency, infinitesimal changes strongly affect the cycle, initiating sensitive disturbances; this is because efficiency depends critically specific state variables, therefore minor fluctuations impede optimal operation, rather than reduced irreversibility or decreased heat transfer.

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