Assoc. Prof. Dr. KEYVAN BAHLOULI

Articles published in peer reviewed international journals (SCI,SSCI,Arts and Humanities)

• Dynamic simulation of a solar based organic Rankine cycle for working fluid selection in a hybrid microgrid: a location-based performance assessment - 2026
• "Performance and economic analysis of a nanofluid-based solar-driven trigeneration system for a residential building in Cyprus" Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 277, pp. 127001 - 2025 - 2025
• "Comprehensive analysis of energy, exergy, economic, and environmental aspects in implementing the Kalina cycle for waste heat recovery from a gas turbine cycle coupled with a steam generator" Energy, Vol. 290, pp. 130094 - 2024 - 2024
• Mousavi S M, Khoshbakhti Saray R, Bahlouli K, Poorghasemi K, Maghbouli A. "Effects of pilot diesel injection strategies on combustion and emission characteristics of dual-fuel engines at part load conditions" Fuel, vol. 258, pp. 116153 - 2019
• Zare AD, Saray RK, Mirmasoumi S, Bahlouli K. "Optimization strategies for mixing ratio of biogas and natural gas co-firing in a cogeneration of heat and power cycle" Energy, The International Journal, vol. 181, pp. 635-44 - 2019
• Bahlouli, K "Multi-Objective Optimization of a Combined Cycle Using Exergetic and Exergoeconomic Approaches" Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 171, pp. 1761– 1772 - 2018
• Darabadi Zareh, A; Khoshbakhti Saray, R; Mirmasoumia, S; Bahlouli, K; "Extensive thermodynamic and economic analysis of the cogeneration of heat and power system fueled by the blend of natural gas and biogas" Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 164, pp. 329–343 - 2018
• Anvari, S, Khoshbakhti Saray, R, Bahlouli, K “Employing a New Optimization Strategy Based on Advanced Exergy Concept for Improvement of a Tri-Generation System” Applied Thermal Engineering , vol. 113, pp. 1452-1463 - 2016
• Pourghasemi, K; Khoshbakhti Saray, R; Bahlouli, K, Zehni, A “3D CFD simulation of Natural Gas Fueled HCCI engine by employing a new reduced mechanism” Fuel, vol. 182, pp. 816–830 - 2016
• Bahlouli, K, Khoshbakhti Saray, R “Energetic and Exergetic Thermodynamic Analysis of a new Energy System for Heating and Power Production Purpose” Energy, The International Journal vol. 106, pp. 390-399 - 2016
• Khaljani, M, Khoshbakhti Saray, R, Bahlouli, K “Evaluation of a combined cycle based on HCCI engine exhaust heat recovery employing two Organic Rankine Cycles” Energy, The International Journal, vol. 107, pp. 748-760 - 2016
• Bahlouli, K, Khoshbakhti Saray, R, Sarabchi, N “Parametric Investigation and Thermoeconomic Multi-Objective Optimization of an Ammonia-Water Power/Cooling Cycle coupled with a HCCI Engine” Energy, The International Journal, vol. 86, pp. 672-684 - 2015
• Khaljani, M, Khoshbakhti Saray, R, Bahlouli, K “Thermodynamic and thermoeconomic optimization of an integrated Gas Turbine and Organic Rankine Cycle”Energy, The International Journal, vol. 93, pp. 2136-2145 - 2015
• Kazemi, S, Khoshbakhti Saray, R, Bahlouli, K, Eftekhari, H, Ebrahimi, A “Exergoeconomic analysis and optimization of a triple-pressure combined cycle plant using evolutionary algorithm” Energy, The International Journal, vol. 93, pp. 555-567 - 2015
• Bahlouli, K, Khoshbakhti Saray, R, Atikol, U, “Effects of heat transfer on the reduction of detailed chemical mechanism in HCCI combustion engine” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, vol. 229, pp. 1969-1980 - 2015
• Anvari, S, Khoshbakhti Saray, R, Bahlouli, K “Conventional and Advanced Exergetic and Exergoeconomic Analyses Applied to a Tri-generation Cycle for Heat, Cold and Power Production”Energy, The International Journal, vol. 91, pp.925-939 - 2015
• khaljani, M, Khoshbakhti Saray, R, Bahlouli, K “Comprehensive analysis of energy, exergy and exergo-economic of Cogeneration of Heat and Power in a Combined gas Turbine and Organic Rankine Cycle” Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 79, pp. 154–165 - 2015
• Bahlouli, K; Atikol, U; Khoshbakhti Saray, R; Mohammadi, V, "A Reduced Mechanism for Predicting the Ignition Timing of a Fuel Blend of Natural-Gas and n-Heptane in HCCI Engine" Energy Conversion and Management - 2014
• Bahlouli, K; Khoshbakhti Saray, R; Atikol, U, "Development of a Reduced Mechanism for n-heptane Fuel in HCCI Combustion Engines by Applying Combined Reduction Methods" Energy Fuels, 2012, vol. 26 , pp 3244–3256 - 2012

Papers presented in international conferences and printed as proceedings

• Nwajei, D. M., & Bahlouli, K. (2025). Selection of the Optimal Hybrid Renewable Energy System Using Exergy-based MCDM - a Case Study of Gonyeli. 2025 9th International Conference on Environment Friendly Energies and Applications (EFEA), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1109/efea67685.2025.11386166 - 2025
• PCM Integrated External Wall Configurations for Energy Efficiency and CO₂ Emission Reduction in Residential Buildings: A Case Study in Antalya, Türkiye - 2025
• Ghiasirad H, Khoshbakhti Saray R, Abdi B, Bahlouli K. “Energy, exergy, and exergo-economic analyses of Urmia sugar factory: a case study of Iran” 11th Int. Chem. Eng. Congr. Exhib., IChEC - 2020
• Lotfi, N; Bahlouli, K; “A multi-heuristic system for optimizing the ammonia-water power/cooling cycle coupled with an HCCI engine” 16th International Conference on Clean Energy (ICCE-2018) 9-11 May 2018, Famagusta, N. Cyprus - 2018
• Bahlouli, K, Khoshbakhti Saray, R, khaljani, M "Exergoeconomic analysis of an integrated cycle based on an HCCI engine and two organic Rankine cycles" International Conference on Viable Energy Trends (InVEnT-2016, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 30 January and 1 February 2016) - 2016
• Pourghasemi, K, Khoshbakhti Saray, R, Bahlouli, K “Development of a CFD model for prediction of a natural gas fuelled HCCI engine combustion, performance and emission characteristics employing a new reduced chemical kinetic mechanism”, The 7th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES7-2015, ENSIAME-UVHC, Valenciennes, France, 27-30 April, 2015) - 2015
• khaljani, M, Khoshbakhti Saray, R, Bahlouli, K “Multi-objective Optimization of Cogeneration of Power and Heat in a Combined Gas Turbine and Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC)”, The 7th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES7-2015, ENSIAME-UVHC, Valenciennes, France, 27-30 April, 2015) - 2015
• Bahlouli, K, Khoshbakhti Saray, R “Multi-Objective Optimization of an Ammonia-Water Power/Cooling Cycle coupled with a HCCI Engine”, The 7th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES7-2015, ENSIAME-UVHC, Valenciennes, France, 27-30 April, 2015) - 2015
• Bahlouli, K, Khoshbakhti Saray, R “Multi-Objective Optimization of an Ammonia-Water Power/Cooling Cycle coupled with a HCCI Engine”, The 7th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES7-2015, ENSIAME-UVHC, Valenciennes, France, 27-30 April, 2015) - 2015
• Bahlouli, K, Khoshbakhti Saray, R, Atikol, U, “Development of a Reduced Mechanism for n-Haptane Fuel in HCCI Engines", The Sixth International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES-6), June 30-July 03, 2013, Reeze, Turkey. - 2013
• Khabbza, A, Bahlouli, K, Khoshbakhti Saray, U, “Investigation on Effects of Di-And Tri-Methyl Benzene on Combustion Process and Emissions of a Direct Diesel Engine”, 10th International Conference on Clean Energy (ICCE) 15-17th September, 2010 Gazimagusa, N. Cyprus. - 2010
• Bahlouli, K, Lashkarpour, M., Khabbza, A, “Experimental and Numerical investigation of turbocharger matching and Its Effect on engine exhaust emissions of a direct injection diesel engine”, 6th international conference on internal combustion engines, November 16-19, 2009, Tehran, Iran - 2009

Books and books chapters published internationally

• Ghiasirad, H., Saray, R.K., Abdi, B., Bahlouli, K., “Detailed 3E Exploration of a Sugar Industry Using Its Experimental Data”, Book chapter in Synergy Development in Renewables Assisted Multi-carrier Systems, 391-429, Springer, Cham - 2022
• Keyvan, Bahlouli and Khoshbakhti Saray, R “Thermoeconomic Multi-objective Optimization of an Ammonia-Water Power/Cooling Cycle Coupled with a HCCI Engine” Exergy for A Better Environment and Improved Sustainability 1, Green Energy and Technology, pp. 1017-1032, Springer - 2014
• Bahlouli, k, Khoshbakhti Saray, R, Atikol, U, “Development of a Reduced Mechanism for n-Haptane Fuel in HCCI Engines”, Book chapter in Progress in Exergy, Energy, and Environment, 95, Springer - 2014

Articles published in other peer reviewed international journals

• Mohammadi, V; Khoshbakhti Saray, R; Bahlouli, K "An Automatic Mechanism Reduction Process in Order to Model the Combustion in an HCCI Engine Fueled with Natural Gas and N-heptane" Iranian Journal of combustion and Fuel, vol. 1, pp.1-15 - 2013
• Lashkarpour, M., Bahlouli, K, Razavi, E., Marami Milani, S, “Experimental and Computational Investigation of Effects of Cooling Intake Air in NOx Reduction and Performance of Diesel Engines” Asian Journal of Applied Sciences, vol. 4, pp. 30-41 - 2011