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OpenStudy (abmon98):

Why cant be there an engine with greater efficiency than Carnot engine?

OpenStudy (shamim):

Can u tell me the efficiency of carnot engine

OpenStudy (shamim):

U know carnot engine is an ideal 1

OpenStudy (shamim):

Its efficiency = 1

OpenStudy (shamim):

Never possible to get efficiency more than 1

OpenStudy (abmon98):

I know its impossible to get an efficiency of 1 in a heat engine due to energy losses. Is the reason related somehow to reversible processes?

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