Which risk increases when a heat engine's cycle experiences frictional losses?

💡 Explanation

Frictional losses cause energy dissipation in the cycle therefore decreasing net work output, because energy is converted to heat rather than useful work. This occurs via thermodynamic irreversibility, rather than changes in reaction rates or efficiencies of idealized isothermal processes.

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