The invention provides a shell and tube type condenser (100, 200) for transfer-ring energy from a
refrigerant fluid to a service fluid comprising -an essentially cylindrical shell (110, 210) comprising an inlet (111, 211) for
refrigerant fluid in a super-heated vapor state on an upper side and an outlet (112, 212) for completely condensed, slightly subcooled
refrigerant fluid on a lower side; - a plurality of tubes (121, 122, 221, 222) for the service fluid, said tubes (121,122, 221, 222) passing through the essentially cylindrical shell (100, 200) extending essentially parallel to the cylinder axis of the essentially cylindrical shell (100,200), said tubes (121, 122, 221, 222) being connected to each other in such a way that service liquid flowing through said tubes (121,122, 221, 222) is led N times inside the tubes (121,122, 221, 222) through the essentially cylindrical shell (100, 200), wherein N is a natural number and N>1; - a number of M longitudinal
metal sheets (150, 250) extending from an end of the essentially cylindrical shell (110, 210) and defining in the essentially cylindrical20 shell (110, 210) M+1 passageways (113,114, 213, 214) so that refrigerant fluid makes M+1 passes along tubes (121,122, 221, 222) for the service fluid, wherein M is a positive natural number; wherein the area of the respective cross sections (A1, A2) of the M+1 passageways (113,114, 213, 214) in the direction orthogonal to the cylinder axis of the essentially cylindrical shell (110, 210) decreases from the topmost passageway (113, 213) to the lowest passageway (114, 214).