A strictly isoconversional rate expression has been derived for pyrolysis of biomass. This rate expression, derived from non-isothermal thermogravimetric experiments using heating rates 2-10 K/min, can successfully predict the conversion rates of experimental data at heating rates 1-100 K/min and quasiisothermal experiments at 539-650 K. The methodology used is based on an extension of the incremental integral method by Vyazovkin (2001). Being able to derive an intrinsic reaction rate expression from non-isothermal data, without any assumption regarding the chemical processes present, opens up for the possibility to model industrial pyrolysis reactors, with a variety of temperature profiles. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.