The design of white LED array for illumination is proposed and prototyped. The brightness and life-span of LED are dominated by the thermal design and stability of power, and thus the structure of heat dissipation and the power supply circuit were discussed firstly. By using the optical and thermal simulation softwares, the influences of temperature and heat dissipation module on LEDs were discussed. Not only the requirement of illumination was achieved, but also the performance comparison with other traditional light sources was accomplished. The luminescence efficiency of high pressure sodium lamp was the highest, the LED lamp takes second place, and mercury lamp was the lowest. However, the energy consumption of mercury lamp is highest and LED lamp is the lowest.