An experimental study on the noncatalytic partial oxidation of ethanol to produce hydrogen is presented along with modeling of the oxidation kinetics. Experiments were conducted in a quartz integral reactor at temperatures ranging from 600 to 800 degreesC, for different oxygen/ethanol ratios and residence times. The experimental results were compared with those generated using the Marinov model for high-temperature ethanol oxidation from the ChemKin software package. For the temperature range studied, the Marinov model predicts trends but does not reproduce the experimental data accurately. Results suggest that the noncatalytic partial oxidation of ethanol is not an attractive method for hydrogen production.