Remote burner monitoring system and method

A remote burner monitoring system comprising:

• one or more burners mounted in a furnace, each burner including:
• integrated sensors;
• and
• an instrument enclosure positioned toward a rear of the burner distal from the furnace, the instrument enclosure containing:
• a data collector corresponding to the burner for receiving and aggregating data from the integrated sensors of the burner, and
• a local transmitter for transmitting the data aggregated by the data collector;
• a data center configured and programmed to receive the data from each of the local transmitters;
• and
• a server configured and programmed to store at least a portion of the data, to convert the data into a display format, and to provide connectivity to enable receipt and transmission of data and the display format via a network including at least one of a wired network, a cellular network, and a Wi-Fi network;
• wherein the data collector of each of the burners is programmed to provide power to individual sensors only when data is to be collected, based on one or both of a combination of sensed data and a periodic schedule, and taking into account the specific requirements of each of the individual sensors.