Digital ink-jet printing is a decoration system for ceramic tiles that requires the application of engobes with high whiteness and opacity, characteristics that can be used to design solar reflective ink-jet decorated tiles. These materials can help to mitigate Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon. Here, the fabrication of ink-jet printed solar reflective tiles using an engobe with high solar reflectance was investigated. Two printing modalities (binary (BIN) and grayscale (GS)), five printing intensities, and four colours were tested. It was found that some of the prepared tiles can be used for mitigating the UHI phenomenon. The solar reflective properties were mainly derived from the reflective engobe, and in some grade, from the mineral composition of the inks. The colour and roughness measurements revealed that the GS modality could prepare ink-jet decorated tiles with good solar reflective properties with a smaller quantity of inks and good soiling resistance.

Solar reflective ink-jet printed porcelain stoneware tiles as an alternative for Urban Heat Island mitigation / Cedillo-Gonzalez, E. I.; Governatori, M.; Ferrari, C.; Siligardi, C.. - In: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY. - ISSN 0955-2219. - 42:2(2022), pp. 707-715. [10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.10.045]

Solar reflective ink-jet printed porcelain stoneware tiles as an alternative for Urban Heat Island mitigation

Cedillo-Gonzalez E. I.
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
;
Governatori M.
Writing – Review & Editing
;
Siligardi C.
Supervision
2022

Abstract

Digital ink-jet printing is a decoration system for ceramic tiles that requires the application of engobes with high whiteness and opacity, characteristics that can be used to design solar reflective ink-jet decorated tiles. These materials can help to mitigate Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon. Here, the fabrication of ink-jet printed solar reflective tiles using an engobe with high solar reflectance was investigated. Two printing modalities (binary (BIN) and grayscale (GS)), five printing intensities, and four colours were tested. It was found that some of the prepared tiles can be used for mitigating the UHI phenomenon. The solar reflective properties were mainly derived from the reflective engobe, and in some grade, from the mineral composition of the inks. The colour and roughness measurements revealed that the GS modality could prepare ink-jet decorated tiles with good solar reflective properties with a smaller quantity of inks and good soiling resistance.
2022
42
2
707
715
Solar reflective ink-jet printed porcelain stoneware tiles as an alternative for Urban Heat Island mitigation / Cedillo-Gonzalez, E. I.; Governatori, M.; Ferrari, C.; Siligardi, C.. - In: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY. - ISSN 0955-2219. - 42:2(2022), pp. 707-715. [10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.10.045]
Cedillo-Gonzalez, E. I.; Governatori, M.; Ferrari, C.; Siligardi, C.
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