In an inlet heat exchange unit, wherein a refrigerant's dryness is low and
its flow distribution is likely to cause deviation, a number of heat
exchange passages in an ascending flow path at an upstream side is less
than the number of heat exchange passages in descending flow paths.
Accordingly, refrigerant flowing in the ascending flow path increases,
and a region in which the refrigerant lacks is reduced, thereby
decreasing temperature variations. In an outlet heat exchange unit,
wherein the refrigerant's dryness is high and its flow distribution is
unlikely to cause deviation, the number of heat exchange passages a most
downstream path is greater than the number of heat exchange passages in
the immediately preceding path, thereby suppressing an increase in flow
resistance in the most downstream path and keeping flow resistance in the
outlet heat exchange unit low.