This paper deals with the evaluation of the combustion intensity of coal particles on the basis of measurement data (UV radiation) from a scanning point photodiode. UV radiation is measured using a custom UV scanner at different distances from the burner in the vertical combustion chamber. The designed scanner uses a sensitive silicon carbide (SiC) photodiode, and its dynamical properties are investigated in the present work. Subsequently, experiments are performed for coal particles at different combustion temperatures and at different measuring locations of the scanner. The measurement data are processed in the frequency domain using the proposed algorithm, and two indicators for evaluating the combustion intensity are proposed. The obtained results show that the proposed indicators provide unequivocal information about the combustion intensity as a function of the combustion temperature.