Saturated liquid water enters a badly worn boiler feed pump at 1.00 psia and exits the pump as a saturated liquid at 600 psia in a steady flow, steady state, adiabatic process.
Using saturated liquid water at 70.0°F as the local environment (ground state), determine the following items on the basis of a steam flow rate of 75.0 lbm/s:
a. The irreversibility rate of the pump.
b. The pump's entrance and exit specific flow availabilities.
c. The pump's actual input power.