Acta Innovations

14-22

Authors: Karina Michalska

Sewage sludge represents the main fraction of municipal waste generated in Poland. Since its production increases rapidly, an effective method for its decomposition needs to be found. Due to conventional energy sources depletion, new solutions allowing for renewable energy production are recommended. One of the methods for conversion of sewage sludge into green energy is application of the fuel cells feeding with gaseous residuals of sewage sludge, obtained as a result of different thermal or biological processes. Such a system can be easily modified and adjusted to the individual needs, which makes this solution very promising. The article analyses biological and thermal processes that can be used in converting sewage sludge into a useful input for various types of fuel cells.

33-48

Authors: Mykola Kyzym, Viktoria Khaustova

The article investigates the features of industrial development in countries belonging to integration associations — the European Union and the Customs Union, as well as the policy to support industrial development carried out in them, its targets, mechanisms and instruments. The study is based on analyzing the input-output tables for 38 countries, covering the period of 1995–2011. There have been analyzed: the dynamics of global production, growth rate of output and structure of industrial products in EU and CU countries, share of industry in the economy, growth rate of output and structure of industrial exports, export orientation of industrial production, growth rate of the internal market capacity and consumption structure of industrial products, growth rate of GDP of high-tech industries and share of high-tech industries in industrial GDP. There have been ranked: 20 EU and CU member countries — the largest manufacturers of industrial products, largest exporters and importers of industrial products, 20 countries leading in capacity of the internal market for industrial products, 20 EU and CU member countries with the highest level of import dependence of the internal market for industrial products, 20 EU and CU member countries leading in terms of GDP of hightech industries. Basic features of the industrial policy in European Union countries as well as in CU member countries have been studied, their differences and weaknesses defined.

58-66

Authors: Olga Polyakova, Viktoriia Shlykova

The article is devoted to revealing the peculiarities of Ukrainian researches in nanoscience and nanotechnology. The comparative analysis of publications, patents and R&D resources in Ukraine and developed countries has been performed. It is shown that the tendency in Ukrainian researches in nanoscience and nanotechnology corresponds to the global trend. But the share of researches in nanomedicine in Ukraine is significantly larger than that of the global ones, while the share of nanoelectronics is too small. The built models allow forecasting the number and share of publications in different branches and demonstrating the gap between Ukraine and other countries.