Resumen: A geometrical technique based on shape construction was employed to reconstruct the simulated domain of 3D bubbles in a gas-solid fluidized bed, from two-fluid model (TFM) simulations. The Delaunay triangulation of the cloud of points that represent volume fraction iso-surfaces in transient TFM simulations was filtered by means of the so-called a-shapes, allowing a topologically accurate description of 3D bubbles within a fluidized bed. Consequently, individual 3D bubble properties such as size and velocity were measured. Simulated bubble characteristics were further compared to those measured on pseudo-2D bed facilities by image techniques in order to illustrate the effect of the bed geometry on the bubbling behavior under mimicked operational conditions. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2015.11.035 Año: 2016 Publicado en: POWDER TECHNOLOGY 288 (2016), 409-421 ISSN: 0032-5910 Factor impacto JCR: 2.942 (2016) Categ. JCR: ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL rank: 30 / 135 = 0.222 (2016) - Q1 - T1 Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.974 - Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) (Q1)