The selective non-catalytic reduction of nitric oxide with urea has been investigated experimentally in a temperature range from 950 to 1450 K using a laboratory reactor that approximates well stirred conditions. From the experimental results it has been possible not only to deduce some general trends of interest in the NOxOUT process, but also to validate a detailed kinetic mechanism. In particular, the experiments showed that the NOxOUT process is effective in a narrow temperature window. The effect of increasing the ratio of nitrogen in the reducing agent and in NO is to increase the efficiency of abatement, while that of increasing O-2 concentration depends on the temperature considered. Moreover, the effect of increasing the CO/NO ratio up to one is not very pronounced. The detailed kinetic mechanism developed has been validated by comparison with several experimental findings, thus providing an effective tool for process simulation in a wide range of operating conditions.