According to one example of the invention, there is provided a multipass
plate pair for conducting a fluid in a heat exchanger. The plate pair includes
first and second plates, each plate having at least two longitudinal columns of
externally protruding obliquely angled ribs formed therein and separated by a longitudinal
flat section extending from substantially a first end of the plate to a terminus
spaced apart from a second end of the plate. Each plate includes, between the terminus
and the second end, a turn portion joining the two longitudinal columns. The first
and second plates are joined together with the longitudinal flat sections abutting
each other and the columns of angled ribs cooperating to form undulating first
and second internal flow channels there-through separated by the abutting longitudinal
flat sections. The first and second internal flow channels each have an upstream
area and a downstream area relative to a flow direction of an external fluid flowing
over the plate pair. The turn portions of the plates cooperate to define at least
a first internal flow path for directing fluid from the upstream area of the first
internal flow channel to the downstream area of the second internal flow channel
and a second internal flow path for directing fluid from the downstream area of
the first internal flow channel to the upstream area of the second internal flow channel.