Monitoring and/or controlling solid fuel burning devices to reduce emissions and improve efficiency

A method comprising:

• sampling, by a system comprising at least one processor, at least one sensor at a frequency to receive information related to at least one operating condition of a solid fuel burning device;
• filtering, by the system, the information based on a property associated with the solid fuel burning device and specified by a user to remove information not needed to properly operate the solid fuel burning device, wherein remaining information is stored as filtered information;
• determining, by the system, a property related to usage of the solid fuel burning device by comparing the filtered information to an ideal fire usage curve, wherein the filtered information comprises a plurality of trailing data points from a time a fire is started in the solid fuel burning device, and wherein a current fire usage curve is formed based on the plurality of trailing data points and the at least one property related to usage is determined by comparing a fit of the current fire usage curve with the ideal fire usage curve;
• comparing, by the system, the property related to the usage of the solid fuel burning device to a lookup table, wherein the lookup table comprises a plurality of triggering events and is updated based on a central burn database comprising performance data from a plurality of uses of the solid fuel burning device and performance data from a plurality of uses of a plurality of other solid fuel burning devices, and retrieving guidance for operation of the solid fuel burning device based on the property satisfying one of the plurality of triggering events;
• outputting, by the system, the guidance to the user, wherein the guidance improves the fit of the current fire usage curve with the ideal fire usage curve and/or reduce emissions and/or increase efficiency of the solid fuel burning device;
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• sending the guidance to at least one actuator associated with the solid fuel burning device, wherein the at least one actuator receives the guidance and performs an action on a component of the solid fuel burning device based on the guidance.