Which risk increases when operating a real heat engine with conditions approximating an ideal Carnot cycle?

💡 Explanation

Increased irreversible entropy generation occurs because real-world conditions introduce friction and imperfect heat transfer, violating the Carnot cycle's reversibility. Therefore, increased entropy happens rather than maintaining ideal efficiency, and differs from achieving an unlikely reversible process.

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