It is desired to keep the interior of a refrigerator at 2 °C whose dimensions at the base are 0.8 x 0.8 m and the height is 1.9 m. The walls of the refrigerator are made of two sheets of steel, 0.28 cm thick with 3 cm of fiberglass insulation. The interior and exterior coefficients are, respectively, 10 W/m^2 °C and 15 W/m^2 °C. If the ambient temperature in the kitchen is 30°C, estimate the heat flux that must be extracted to maintain the specified conditions. Make a proposal to prevent heat from entering the refrigerator.

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It is desired to keep the interior of a refrigerator at 2 °C whose dimensions at the base are 0.8 x 0.8 m and the height is 1.9 m. The walls of the refrigerator are made of two sheets of steel, 0.28 cm thick with 3 cm of fiberglass insulation. The interior and exterior coefficients are, respectively, 10 W/m^2 °C and 15 W/m^2 °C. If the ambient temperature in the kitchen is 30°C, estimate the heat flux that must be extracted to maintain the specified conditions. Make a proposal to prevent heat from entering the refrigerator.

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