<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-22T07:57:45Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/E46FE404-0513-4EB3-8C22-11F772A1D90C" ns1:id="E46FE404-0513-4EB3-8C22-11F772A1D90C"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/DF954758-754B-48A8-8744-B33600A0682B" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/BAFEA2BB-FB4C-41AA-A921-C212B7F7FF31" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/BAFEA2BB-FB4C-41AA-A921-C212B7F7FF31" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2017-09-29T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/5BA03E84-5A04-49A4-856A-ADBB4BC58276" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2016-12-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">132433</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>A fully autonomous, in-situ, moisture monitoring system for corrosion under insulation (CUITEST)</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Feasibility Studies</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>Mitigating the effects of Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) has been identified as a significant opportunity for 

improved efficiencies in North Sea oil fields. Recent studies have confirmed that there is a lack of high 

performance technologies to combat CUI. 3-Sci's new CUITEST is a novel electromagnetic (EM) path loss 

measurement technology that monitors approximately 50 metres of pipeline for moisture ingress without 

requiring regular protrusions into the insulation. Simulations show that this path loss measurement tool could 

detect moisture content distributed over great lengths, which overcomes the shortcomings of many other CUI 

monitoring systems. Experimental validation of these results will be obtained within the project, with eventual 

integration of this CUITEST tool into 3-Sci's explosive atmosphere certified wireless mesh network. This will 

enable synchronised autonomous measurements to be conducted on pipelines located between any two 

battery powered CUITEST discrete units.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>