“…Haykiri-Acma et al (2006) found that the activation energy values of rapeseed increased and then decreased in response to heating rates of 5, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 K min −1 when pyrolysis was conducted by heating samples to a final temperature of 1273 K. Furthermore, Degirmenci and Durusoy (2002) found that the minimum activation energy was obtained at a heating rate of 20 K min −1 when rates of 5-90 K min −1 were evaluated in a 298-1173 K pyrolysis temperature experiment. In the present study, the minimum activation energy was obtained in response to a heating rate of 20 • C min −1 , which was similar to the results of the study conducted by Degirmenci and Durusoy (2002). However, the pyrolysis of biomass is complicated by the large number of reactions that occur and can be influenced by many conditions such as the composition of samples, pyrolytic temperature, and heating rate.…”