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The use of biodiesel fuels derived from vegetable oils as a substitute for conventional petroleum fuel in diesel engine is receiving an increasing amount of attention. This interest is based on a number of properties of biodiesel including the fact that it is produced from a renewable resource, its biodegradability, and its potential to reduce exhaust emissions. A single cylinder, four stroke D.I. diesel engine was used to evaluate the performance and emissions characteristics of mahua biodiesel oil. The volumetric blending ratios of biodiesel with conventional diesel fuel were set at 0, 20,40,60,80,100. Engine performance (brake specific fuel consumption, brake specific energy consumption, thermal efficiency and exhaust gas temperature) and emissions (CO, HC and NOx) were measured to evaluate and compute the behavior of the diesel engine running on biodiesel. The results indicate that with the increase of biodiesel in the blends CO, HC reduces significantly, fuel consumption and NOx emission of biodiesel increases slightly compared with diesel. Brake specific energy consumption and thermal efficiency of engine slightly degreases when operating o