Patent ID: 7431466

Claim:
A solar simulator using a combination of mercury lamps and halogen lamps in an environment recreation laboratory for solar simulation, the solar simulator comprising: a lamp bank mounted at an upper portion of an environment recreation laboratory and including a plurality of halogen lamps, a plurality of mercury lamps and a plurality of halogen filter lamps being halogen lamps provided with infrared filters, respectively; a temperature control unit including a cooling unit that discharges air for removing high temperature heat generated by the lamp bank, and an air conditioner that distributes the air discharged by the cooling unit to the lamp bank; and an electrical panel for controlling operations of the lamp bank and the temperature control unit; wherein in the lamp bank, the plurality of halogen filter lamps are arranged at a central portion thereof, the plurality of halogen lamps are arranged outwardly of the plurality of halogen filter lamps, and the plurality of mercury lamps are arranged outwardly of the plurality of halogen lamps.