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The maximum obtainable specific cooling load of an endoreversible Carnot refrigerator is presented in this paper. The endoreversible Carnot refrigerator is a modified Carnot cycle. The only irreversibilities of the cycle are associated with the heat transfers between the refrigerator and the surrounding thermal reservoirs. The specific cooling load is the cooling load per unit of the total surface area of the heat exchangers. The maximum obtainable specific cooling load provides a thermoeconomic criterion for use in the evaluation of the performance of a real refrigerator.