Utilization of Micro hydro power as renewable energy source is giving great attention now arndays. This micro hydropower energy can be obtained from potential hydro sites withrnsufficient water discharge and pressure head. Depending upon the sites, water turbines arerndesigned and manufactured to avail hydropower energy. Low head turbines are widely usedrnon run of rivers and they classified under reaction turbines. They operate at higher flow rate,rnsmaller head and faster rotational speed, thus being more compact than other types ofrnmachines.rnWith the increasing cost of energy and the high demand of green energy, the micrornhydro Kaplan power plants gain special attention. The development of micro hydro Kaplanrnpower plants on large scale will generate enough energy for the rural community and arernbeing economically profitable. They comprise runner and draft tube and the efficiency ofrnhydro Kaplan reaction turbine is significantly affected by the performance runner.rnIn this present work focused on the design and CFD analysis of a micro Kaplan runner forrnselected potential site called Denkaka village which is located in Oromia Region, Ethiopia.rnThis runner design and performance improvement is prime concern. In this research, size ofrnthe runner was determined using formulas depend on the site data of 3.125m gross head andrn0.6m3â„s fluid flow rate. Geometrical parameters (Dtip =0.4m, Dhub=0.15m, nmax=26ï¿½ï¿½âˆ’1rnand net power capacity is 14.7 kW) are to be determined.rnDifferent tools were used to run simulations. These include XFLR5 soft-ware to determinernNACA2412 coordinate pointes of blade profile, Solid work used to make solid 3D model ofrnthe runner and ANYS CFX to do its volumetric meshing, fluid flow simulation, for numericalrnflow analysis and to evaluate the hydraulic performance of the runner. The complete flowrnpattern is numerically simulated using k-ï¿½ï¿½ model. Simulations have been carried out byrnvarying fluid flow rate and runner speed of the turbine.rnResearch results show 14.7kW of net hydraulic power output and 91.6% hydraulic efficiencyrnwere generated. Also as obtained from the pressure contour analysis, there is maximum at thernleading edge and then decreases towards the trailing edge. The results obtained from flowrnsimulations were found to be in accordance with turbine characteristics curves. Therncomparison shows that there is close similarities between present and Dr. Ruchi Khare work.