Method, apparatus, and computer program product for determining burner operating state

An apparatus for determining an operating state of a burner, the apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code instructions, the computer program code instructions configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to:

• receive baseline characteristic data for a plurality of burner operating states, wherein the baseline characteristic data for each burner operating state of the plurality of burner operating states comprises baseline data of a plurality of data types indicative of a corresponding burner operating state, the plurality of data types comprising process data and at least one of image data and acoustic data;
• receive monitoring data captured for a burner by a plurality of burner sensors, the monitoring data comprising process data and at least one of image data and acoustic data;
• compare the monitoring data captured for the burner with the baseline characteristic data;
• and
• determine, based at least in part on results of comparing the monitoring data with the baseline characteristic data, an operating state of the burner.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code portions stored therein, the computer-executable program code portions comprising program code instructions configured to:

• receive baseline characteristic data for a plurality of burner operating states, wherein the baseline characteristic data for each burner operating state of the plurality of burner operating states comprises baseline data of a plurality of data types indicative of a corresponding burner operating state, the plurality of data types comprising process data and at least one of image data and acoustic data;
• receive monitoring data captured for a burner by a plurality of burner sensors, the monitoring data comprising process data and at least one of image data and acoustic data;
• compare the monitoring data captured for the burner with the baseline characteristic data;
• and
• determine, based at least in part on results of comparing the monitoring data with the baseline characteristic data, an operating state of the burner.