研究目的
To quantify the deviations between the expected and effective colours as well as the range of useful colours (gamut) obtained with the digital ceramic printing process, factoring in the ink volume and frontglass finish, to predict appropriate choices for coloured BIPV that can meet the architects’ expectations.
研究成果
The gamut of effective colours is significantly constrained compared to their nominal counterparts due to the print’s translucency and resulting visual impact of the PV module. Reducing the ink volume and/or print density, while increasing the PV efficiency, further constrains the gamut. Blue and magenta hues are rendered particularly poorly. Printing on satinated glass offers opportunities for BIPV in environments sensitive to potential glare, but at the expense of a vastly reduced gamut compared to clear glass.
研究不足
The results are exemplary for a digital ceramic printing process, and may differ with other technologies. The problematic gamut skew in the blue–magenta region is attributed to a relatively low opacity of the blue primary printing colour for a given ink volume, thereby imposing a physical limit on the density of the blue component.
1:Experimental Design and Method Selection:
The methodology involves an image-based colour acquisition and a semi-automatic process to extract and process the effective colours from the captured images. The method systematically explores the entire gamut attainable within the physical limits imposed by the ceramic printing process.
2:Sample Selection and Data Sources:
A set of 1044 nominal colours uniformly distributed in the RGB colour space was selected, each printed in 10 opacities for a total of ca. 10,000 samples.
3:List of Experimental Equipment and Materials:
Low-iron, high-clarity glass was used in the production of the printed glass samples. The samples were manufactured by Glas Tr?sch AG, Bützberg, Switzerland, by means of a digital ceramic printing technique on a 6-colour DipTech printer.
4:Experimental Procedures and Operational Workflow:
The printed glass samples were prepared to appear as if they were laminated with PV modules to obtain the effective printed colours. Photographs of each printed glass sample immersed in a basin were taken under identical and reproducible conditions.
5:Data Analysis Methods:
The extracted effective nominal and printed RGB colours were converted to the CIE L*a*b* colour space, and the pairwise colour difference between corresponding effective nominal and printed colours was computed according to the perceptually motivated CIE ?E2000 metric.
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