Instruments and Systems: Monitoring, Control, and Diagnostics Annotation << Back On the Question of Multi-Agent Technology in Solving the Problem of Information Support of the Technological Process of a Thermal Power Plant I.V. KOVALEV, V.V. LOSEV, YA.A. TYNCHENKO, M.V. SARAMUD The article examines the use of multi agent technologies based on Smart Dust for information support of technological processes in thermal power engineering. A section of a vertical flue gas duct is chosen as the automation object, where a model group of particles forming a swarm is emitted. The main focus is on the physical processes of convection and gas exchange, which determine the dynamics and behavior of the swarm under the conditions of the technological process. A formalized model abstraction of the particle swarm is proposed, including a description of the key parameters. The basic equations for analyzing convective heat transfer and calculating the heat transfer coeffi cient are presented. Particular attention is paid to the infl uence of forced convection on swarm dynamics, where the key parameter is the velocity of convective fl ows controlled by forced draft fans. The results of emulation of the temperature head gradient along the flue gas duct are presented, demonstrating the dynamics of gas temperature changes and heat losses. Keywords: model abstraction, smart particles, Smart Dust, multi agent networks, particle swarm, information support, thermal power engineering, temperature head, heat transfer coefficient, forced convection, gas exchange, emulation of technological process parameters. DOI: 10.25791/pribor.6.2026.1680 Pp. 15-21.