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The consumption of fuels in the world is increasing rapidly and it affects the Global economy of all the countries so this factor forced all the countries to find the alternative fuel to reduce and even replace the usage of petroleum in regard to alternative energy production of Biodiesel will be next choice for replacement of fossil fuel. It is well known fact that diesel engines when operated with biodiesel leads to lowering of Global warming issues and emission levels. In the present work Biodiesel production using blends of different oils like coconut oil, neem oil, cotton seed oil, rice bran oil made from transesterificaton process and performance test is done on Four stroke water cooled single cylinder diesel engine. The present research is aimed to investigate experimentally the performance and exhaust emission characteristics of a direct injection diesel engine when fuelled with B10, B20 blends of Biodiesel (rice bran oil). All experiments were carried out at constant RPM. By the experiment the brake thermal efficiency for Biodiesel was found slightly higher than the high speed diesel at various load condition. Also the specific fuel consumption and exhaust temperature increased with increased biodiesel blends.