FWO Method

A plot of ln *b* against 1000 *Ti* at the same conversions for heating rates 5 K/min, 10 K/min and 15 K/min was made for varying degrees of conversion of *S. bigelovii* and *P. dactylifera*.

The calculated activation energy, *E* (kJ/mol) and the pre-exponential factor, *A* (1/min), were 146.7 kJ/mol and 2.92 × 10<sup>20</sup> (1/min) for *S. bigelovii*, respectively, and 204.3 kJ/mol and 1.93 × 10<sup>37</sup> (1/min) for *P. dactylifera*, respectively. The FWO plot is shown in Figure 4.

**Figure 4.** FWO Plot for *S. bigelovii*, *P. dactylifera*.
