Volumetric Flow Rate through a Venturi Meter

In summary, the speaker has designed a Venturi meter to measure pressure differential in a pipe and is using the Bernoulli Equation for calculations. They are unsure if the formula is correct and have found multiple different formulas online. However, their current calculation matches with what others have found and they plan to re-design the tube to achieve laminar flow.
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TL DR: Am I using correct formula for calculating Volumetric Flow rate through Venturi Tube
Hi, I have designed a simple Venturi meter to measure pressure differential across to section of the pipe as pictured. However in calculations I am not sure if I am doing something wrong. I am trying to calculate Volumetric flow rate in L/s.
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I am using Bernoulli Equation of the Venturi meter as above

From my MPX5010 DP Sensor I am getting a pressure differential of 222.2 pa.

A1 is cross sectional area of first part of the tube = Pi * R^2 = 0.000415 M^2

A2 = Pi* R^2 = 0.0000283 M^2

P = Density of air = 1.225

P1-P2 = DeltaP = 222.2 Pa

Plugging all into the equation above I am getting a volumetric flowrate = 0.000539783 M^3/s

Multiply by 1000 = 0.539783 L/s
Is this correct, is the formula correct ? I have seen multiple different formulas stipulated online.
Thank you

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Formula is as it is shown here . What others did you find ?
When I do the calculation I get your result -- but with less digits.
 
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Thanks for your response. Looking further into the topic I think I am not achieving laminar flow and this is my problem, I am going to re design the tube to attempt to achieve laminar flow through the device.
 

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