In practice,all heat engines have an efficiency less than that of a Carnot engine because

  • A
    Carnot engine is irreversible
  • B
    $A$ reversible process can never be attained in the real world
  • C
    An irreversible engine has higher efficiency than a reversible engine
  • D
    The efficiency of a Carnot engine is always one

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