Dr Olusegun ILORI - Publications

Dr Olusegun M. Ilori, PhD CEng MIMechE SFHEA

Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering/
Director of Recruitment (Academic)

Birmingham City University, Department of Engineering,

School of Architecture, Built Environment, Computing, and Engineering

Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG, United Kingdom

Email: olusegun.ilori@bcu.ac.uk; Tel: +44 (0) 778 023 8995

Web: Birmingham City University Staff Page

Publications

Journal Publications:

Below are my selected publication records from unrestricted research projects. The list excludes output from high-profile applied projects where publication was restricted by the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).

Rasheed Ayoola, Olusegun M. Ilori, Sikiru A. Amidu, Maryam Buhari, Moruf O. Yusuf, Alex O. Edeoja, Jacob S. Ibrahim (2026). Optimisation of Production Process of Agro-Based Activated Carbon for Sustainable Cooling Systems, Next Research, 3, 101132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nexres.2025.101132
Rasheed B. Ayoola, Olusegun M. Ilori, Noel Perera, Monica Mateo-Garcia, Kabir Akinyemi, David Boyd, Mike Leonard (2025). Data-Driven Optimisation of Residential Air-to-Water Heat Pump Performance Using IoT and Machine Learning, Energy and Buildings, Volume 348, 116352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116352
Suhaib Arogundade, Abdullahi Saka, Mohammed Dulaimi, Saheed Ajayi, Olusegun Ilori, Decarbonization of Construction Projects: A Review and Interpretive Structural Modelling of Drivers, Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, Emerald Publishing Limited, 1726-0531 (https://doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-05-2023-0202).
Mahanad Q. Kamil, Samir Gh. Yahya, Olusegun Ilori, Design and Optimisation of a Standing-Wave Thermoacoustic Refrigerator Using DELTAEC, Diyala Journal of Engineering Sciences, 123-133 (https://doi.org/10.24237/djes.2023.16211)
Mays Alaa Ismael, Samir Gh Yahya, Md Azhar, IM Mahbubul, Olusegun Ilori, Improving the Efficiency of a Conventional Vapor-Compression Refrigeration System used for Geothermal and Evaporative Cooling Techniques: Case Study in Iraq, Diyala Journal of Engineering Sciences, 15-26 (https://doi.org/10.24237/djes.2023.16102)
Jamiu A Dauda, Saheed Ajayi, Temitope Omotayo, Olayiwola O Oladiran, Olusegun M Ilori, Implementation of lean for small-and medium-sized construction organisational improvement, Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 2023 (https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-10-2022-0233)
EO Ige, IF Odesola, SB Ayedun, OM Ilori, Magneto-Rotational Augmentation of Bioconvective Transport in Plasma-Nanofluid Flowing through a Penetrable Spinning Disc, Journal of Engineering, Volume 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/3499192)
Olusegun M. Ilori, A.J. Jaworski, X. Mao, O.S. Ismail, Effects of Edge Shapes on Thermal-Fluid Processes in Oscillatory Flows, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress (2021), (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2021.101004)
Saheed Ajayi, Lukumon Oyedele, Olusegun M. Ilori: Changing Significance of Embodied Energy: A comparative study of material specifications and building energy sources. Journal of Building Engineering 23 (2019) 324–333, (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2019.02.008).
Olusegun M. Ilori, A.J. Jaworski, X. Mao: Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Thermal Characteristics of Heat Exchangers in Oscillatory Flow. Applied Thermal Engineering, 144 (2018) 910-925 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.07.073).

Conference Publications (Refereed):

Rasheed B. Ayoola, Olusegun M. Ilori, Noel Perera, Monica Mateo-Garcia, David Boyd, Mike Leonard, A hybrid approach to predicting indoor temperature of residential heat pumps using system identification and physical neural networks. CIBSE Technical Symposium 2026, Loughborough University, 23 - 24 April 2026, UK (Accepted).
Kabir Akinyemi, Olusegun Ilori, Noel Perera, Lynsey Melville, Jamiu Dauda: Evaluating Emission Reduction in EAF Steelmaking: The Role of Renewable Energy and Circular Economy Solutions. IMECE2025 (Accepted and Presented).
Suhaib Arogundade, Mohammed Dulaimi, Saheed Ajayi, Abdullahi Saka, Olusegun Ilori and Joyce Mdananebari Obuso Lewis, Geospatial and temporal analysis of studies on construction projects’ decarbonisation drivers. Proceedings of the International Conference on Advancing Sustainable Futures (ICASF 2023), Abu Dhabi University, 5-6 December 2023, Abu Dhabi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-90963-4_9
Olusegun M. ILORI, Xiaoan MAO, Artur J. JAWORSKI: Numerical Simulation of Oscillatory Flow and Heat Transfer in the Heat Exchangers of Thermoacoustic Devices. Proceedings of the 24th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration, ICR2015, August 16-22, 2015, Yokohama, Japan. (https://doi.org/10.18462/iir.icr.2015.0522)
Olusegun M. ILORI, Xiaoan MAO, Artur J. JAWORSKI: CFD Study of Oscillatory Flow through 90 Degree Bends of Thermoacoustic Devices. Proceedings of the 24th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration, ICR2015, August 16-22, 2015, Yokohama, Japan. (https://doi.org/10.18462/iir.icr.2015.0523)
Olusegun M. ILORI, Xiaoan MAO, Artur J. JAWORSKI: CFD-Simulation of Oscillatory Flow around the Heat Exchangers of Thermoacoustic Devices. Proceedings of the 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, IMECE2014, November 14-20, 2014, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2014-37926)
Olusegun M. ILORI, Artur J. JAWORSKI, Xiaoan MAO: Numerical Analysis of the Heat Transfer in Oscillatory Flow around the Heat Exchangers of Thermoacoustic Systems. Proceedings of CHT-15 International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, May 25-29, 2015, Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA. (DOI: 10.1615/ICHMT.2015.IntSympAdvComputHeatTransf.950 )
Ilori O.M., Mao X., Jaworski A.J.: Design of Thermoacoustic Rig for the Analysis of Thermal and Hydraulic Performance of Heat Exchangers in Oscillatory Flow. Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering 2013 Vol III, WCE 2013, July 3 - 5, 2013, London, UK (Nominated for the Best Paper Award).

Dissertations

Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Thermal-Fluid Processes in Oscillatory Flows, September 2016, University of Leeds (PhD Dissertation, September 2016). This doctoral research explored experimental and numerical modelling techniques to understand the thermal-fluid process in novel heat exchangers under oscillatory flows and high-pressure conditions and to establish guidelines for designing heat exchangers for the next generation of Thermoacoustic systems, Stirling machines, and refrigerators in cryogenic applications.