Reserves for increasing electricity production on operating nuclear power plants

Ways to increase electricity production on operation nuclear power plants by means of improving circuit equipment performance are considered. The paper gives specific quantitative examples of underproduction of electric power by individual nodes of the thermal circuit of a nuclear power unit. The authors emphasize the importance of the development of a thermal-hydraulic model of an NPP unit at the stage of data processing of thermal tests with a view to agreeing the energy and material balances of the thermal scheme. This approach allows to increase the accuracy of the analysis of thermal efficiency of energy equipment. (paper)