Predictika · Wind turbine configuration: variant, tower, hub height and climate package
An AI sales agent prepares a configuration for a wind park of onshore turbines: the turbine variant, tower type and hub height, climate package and anti-icing package. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the public product rules and returns a verdict, every reason and the figures it computed.
This validator models configurations of one turbine platform, the Nordex Delta4000 (N149/5.X, N163/5.X, N163/6.X and N175/6.X), not just the scenarios shown below.
Any Delta4000 configuration that touches these rules is in scope — not only the scenarios pictured here. Not covered: prices (Nordex publishes none, so this validator produces no price build-up or line-item quote), rated power within a variant, sound modes, grid-code options, service contracts, other Nordex platforms and site-specific engineering.
7 scenarios in 3 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch
Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.
Proposing agent: AI sales agent (scripted)
Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run
What this means
Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, as in Salesforce CPQ) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.
| What the validator caught | Typical rules-based CPQ | Predictika |
|---|---|---|
| Hub height limits that differ by variant and tower | Only with care A maximum per variant and a second maximum per tower type, on different lines; it works, but each new variant or tower is another rule to maintain. | Variant, tower type and hub height are in one request and checked together. |
| A climate package that must suit the site | Only with care The site's design minimum temperature is compared with the limit of the chosen package; a rule is needed per package and must stay in step with the product pages. | Climate package and site temperature arrive together and are compared on every call. |
| Options that are listed for some variants only | Only with workarounds Compatibility between an option and a variant spans two lines, and where the public sources differ the case needs a reviewer, which a plain rule cannot express. | The anti-icing package is checked against the variant, and a case the sources leave open goes to a person with the reason. |
| Stated rotor figures that must match the variant | Only with care A stated figure is a free-entry field; a rule can compare it with the variant's published value, but someone has to write and maintain that comparison. | The stated figures travel with the order and are compared with the variant on every call. |
| Every problem returned in one answer | Only with workarounds Rules tend to fire as the order is saved or a step is completed, so a rep often fixes one error and meets the next. | All findings come back together, whatever order the choices arrived in. |
Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the quote; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.
| 1 | The hub height of 165 m is above the 164 m that Nordex publishes for this turbine variant. |
| 2 | The hub height of 180 m is above the 179 m that Nordex publishes for this turbine variant. |
| 3 | 150 m is not one of the N175/6.X hub heights Nordex has published (steel 112, 142 or 162 m; hybrid 179 m); a person should confirm it with Nordex. |
| 4 | A steel tower reaches hub heights up to 169 m, but the order has a steel tower at 170 m; taller hub heights use a hybrid tower. |
| 5 | 170 m is not one of the N175/6.X hub heights Nordex has published (steel 112, 142 or 162 m; hybrid 179 m); a person should confirm it with Nordex. |
| 6 | 169 m is not one of the N175/6.X hub heights Nordex has published (steel 112, 142 or 162 m; hybrid 179 m); a person should confirm it with Nordex. |
| 7 | Nordex publishes no hub heights or turbine list for its precast concrete towers; a person should confirm this tower with Nordex. |
| 8 | The normal climate version operates down to -20 degrees C, but the site design minimum is 21 degrees C below zero; the cold climate package is needed. |
| 9 | The cold climate package operates down to -30 degrees C, but the site design minimum is 31 degrees C below zero. |
| 10 | The normal climate version operates down to -20 degrees C, but the site design minimum is 31 degrees C below zero; the cold climate package is needed. |
| 11 | The Nordex customization page lists the anti-icing package for the N175/6.X, N163/6.X and N163/5.X, while the N149/5.X product page mentions it generally; a person should confirm it for the N149/5.X. |
| 12 | The order states a swept area of 24,054 square metres per turbine, but this turbine variant has 24,053 square metres. |
| 13 | The order states a rotor diameter of 163.0 m, but this turbine variant has 175.0 m. |
| 14 | The hub height of 170 m is above the 164 m that Nordex publishes for this turbine variant. |
| 15 | The order states a swept area of 20,867 square metres per turbine, but this turbine variant has 17,460 square metres. |
| 16 | The order states a rotor diameter of 163.0 m, but this turbine variant has 149.1 m. |
| 17 | The order has 0 turbines; at least 1 turbine is needed. |
| 18 | The normal climate version operates down to -20 degrees C, but the site design minimum is 25 degrees C below zero; the cold climate package is needed. |
The recorded result of the validator for each scenario on this page: the request the AI agent sent, the verdict, and every finding, in the order they appear above.
The agent's request. Please quote a wind park of 24 Nordex N175/6.X turbines on steel towers at a hub height of 179 m, with the normal climate package, for a site with a design minimum temperature of -12 degrees C. The configuration states a rotor diameter of 175.0 m and a swept area of 24,530 square metres per turbine. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please quote a wind park of 24 Nordex N175/6.X turbines on hybrid towers at a hub height of 179 m, with the normal climate package, for a site with a design minimum temperature of -12 degrees C. The configuration states a rotor diameter of 175.0 m and a swept area of 24,053 square metres per turbine. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Please quote a wind park of 18 Nordex N149/5.X turbines on steel towers at a hub height of 140 m, with the normal climate package and the anti-icing package, for a site with a design minimum temperature of -26 degrees C. The configuration states a rotor diameter of 149.1 m and a swept area of 17,460 square metres per turbine. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please quote a wind park of 18 Nordex N149/5.X turbines on steel towers at a hub height of 140 m, with the cold climate package and the anti-icing package, for a site with a design minimum temperature of -26 degrees C. The configuration states a rotor diameter of 149.1 m and a swept area of 17,460 square metres per turbine. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Needs approval.
The agent's request. Please quote a wind park of 18 Nordex N163/5.X turbines on steel towers at a hub height of 140 m, with the cold climate package and the anti-icing package, for a site with a design minimum temperature of -26 degrees C. The configuration states a rotor diameter of 163.0 m and a swept area of 20,867 square metres per turbine. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Please quote a wind park of 30 Nordex N163/5.X turbines on steel towers at a hub height of 175 m, with the cold climate package, for a site with a design minimum temperature of -18 degrees C. The configuration states a rotor diameter of 163.0 m and a swept area of 20,867 square metres per turbine. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please quote a wind park of 30 Nordex N163/5.X turbines on steel towers at a hub height of 164 m, with the cold climate package, for a site with a design minimum temperature of -18 degrees C. The configuration states a rotor diameter of 163.0 m and a swept area of 20,867 square metres per turbine. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
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