Relative Dielectric Permittivity of the fluid.
The unit value corresponds to vacuum permittivity.
The term is misnomer as it actually does not mean the true capacitance in conventional physical terms.
| Math Symbol | \epsilon_f | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Model | Fluid Capacitance @model | ||
| Units | SI | Oil Metric | Oil Field |
| frac | frac | frac | |
Typical values of relative dielectric permittivity for petroleum fluids at SPE STP are:
| Water | Oil | Gas |
|---|---|---|
| 80 | 20 | 5.6 |
See also
Natural Science / Physics / State of matter / Fluid
Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Fluid Analysis