Predictika · Gas turbine power island and service agreement quotes: output, fuel, emissions, service and price
An AI sales agent prepares a gas turbine power island and service agreement quote for a fictional customer. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika’s validator, which checks it against the output, fuel, emissions, service, payment and discount rules, compares the quote total the agent states with the one it computes, and returns a verdict with every reason.
This validator models gas turbine power island quotes in the style of Siemens Energy. It handles any plant made of these turbines, cycles, fuels, site conditions and payment terms, not just the scenarios shown below.
It does not cover turbines outside the four it models, real prices or service rates, balance-of-plant equipment, financing, or tax.
7 scenarios in workflow pairs · click one to switch
Before sending, the agent must call
What this means
Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, as in Salesforce CPQ or Revenue Cloud) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.
| What the validator catches | Typical rules-based CPQ | Predictika |
|---|---|---|
| Output at site conditions | Only with workarounds Heat and altitude derate, units in service and redundancy combine into one computed output, which usually becomes a formula plus a validation rule per turbine. | The output is computed from the turbine data and compared with the requirement on every call. |
| Fuel, emissions and black-start options | Only with care Each option rule is simple, but the turbine-specific limits (hydrogen share, dual fuel, NOx guarantee) multiply as models are added. | Limits are read from the turbine data, so a new turbine needs data, not new rules. |
| Service agreement term and hours | Only with workarounds Hours depend on running hours, starts and term together, and must be compared with a turbine-specific inspection interval. | The equivalent operating hours are computed and compared with the inspection interval. |
| Payment terms and buyer credit | Only with care A down-payment floor, an approval band and a credit condition need separate rules. | All thresholds are evaluated together and returned with the reason. |
| Discount authority by project size | Only with care Tiers that change with the equipment value mean a price rule or approval rule per band. | The approvable maximum is computed from the equipment value. |
| The total the agent states | Only with workarounds Comparing a stated total with a computed one means a separate rule per quote layout, and price rules rarely run on stated figures. | The stated total is a field in the request and is checked against the computed total. |
| Every problem returned in one answer | Only with workarounds Rules tend to fire as the quote is saved, 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 whatever order the choices arrive, and one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the quote; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.
| Rule | Effect | What it checks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | block | Delivered output (site rating after heat and altitude derate, times the units in service) must reach the required MW |
| 2 | needs approval | Output within 5 percent of the requirement is a thin margin |
| 3 | block | Dual fuel is not offered on the dry-low-emission SGT-A35 |
| 4 | block | Hydrogen share cannot exceed the rating of the turbine |
| 5 | block | A NOx limit below the turbine guarantee needs the SCR option |
| 6 | block | Black start needs a black-start-capable turbine or the diesel package |
| 7 | block | Start time (longer for combined cycle) must meet the required start time |
| 8 | block | Service agreement term must be 6 to 20 years |
| 9 | block | Service agreement hours must reach the first major inspection |
| 10 | needs approval | Above 300 starts a year under a service agreement is cyclic duty |
| 11 | block, then approval | Down payment below 10 percent is blocked; below 15 percent needs approval |
| 12 | block | A buyer below investment grade needs 20 percent down or a letter of credit |
| 13 | block | Delivery lead time (longer for combined cycle) must meet the need date |
| 14 | approval, then block | Discount: a sales manager may give 3 percent; up to 7 percent (12 percent on equipment of EUR 100 million or more) needs approval; beyond that is blocked |
| 15 | computed | Price: units times unit price plus add-ons for combined cycle, SCR, dual fuel, hydrogen and the diesel package, less discount, plus the service agreement |
| 16 | block | The quote total the agent states must match the validator total within EUR 1 |