NOVELTY - The apparatus such as direct contact condenser (10) has two compartments (11,12). A compartment (11) is operated as co-current flow condensing stage and another compartment (12) is operated as counter-current flow condensing stage. The co-current flow condensing compartment is provided with a cooling liquid dispenser system (115). The cooling liquid dispenser system is provided with multiple channels that are arranged above multiple film carriers (113) with flat metal plates to carry films of cooling liquid.    USE - Apparatus e.g. direct contact condenser used in geothermal power plant such as direct cycle plant, flash steam plant, indirect cycle plant, binary cycle plant, combined plant and hybrid plant.    ADVANTAGE - The relatively unimpeded flow of cooling liquid film can be achieved from the cooling liquid dispenser system since the cooling liquid dispenser system is provided with multiple channels that are arranged above multiple film carriers with flat metal plates to carry films of cooling liquid. The cooling liquid dispenser system can disperse the liquid to form a uniform film on the carriers at a very low pressure drop such that the pressure drop across the openings of the distribution channels into the counter-current flow condensing chamber is of desired value. The flat metal plates can be cleaned by highly pressured water jets such as fast flow of water through the plates. Hence the plates can be easily installed, maintained and cleaned. The cooling liquid flowing through the feeding pipe can run off smoothly along the front and back face of the plates since the width of the slit is provided with a desired range to ensure that the flow of cooling liquid sticks to the plate.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a cross sectional view of a direct contact condenser.    Direct contact condenser (10)    Compartments of direct contact condenser (11,12)    Multiple film carriers (113)    Cooling liquid dispenser system (115)    Hot well (116)