The compartment below is used as a freezer of refrigerator compartment. Inner wall is at -10 C and outer wall is at 20 C. Insulator with a thermal conductivity of 0.040 W/(mK) is used to prevent the heat losses from the compartment. The shape is in square form with a side of 1.3 m and unit width into the page. Determine the amount of the heat load if the thickness of the insulator is 2 cm?  a)700 W b)500 W c)none d)78 W e)312 W

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The compartment below is used as a freezer of refrigerator compartment. Inner wall is at -10 C and outer wall is at 20 C. Insulator with a thermal conductivity of 0.040 W/(mK) is used to prevent the heat losses from the compartment. The shape is in square form with a side of 1.3 m and unit width into the page. Determine the amount of the heat load if the thickness of the insulator is 2 cm? 

a)700 W
b)500 W
c)none
d)78 W
e)312 W

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