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A technique for engine control to account for fuel effects including providing an internal combustion engine and a controller to regulate operation thereof, the engine being operable to combust a fuel to produce an exhaust gas; establishing a plurality of fuel property inputs; establishing a plurali

A technique for engine control to account for fuel effects including providing an internal combustion engine and a controller to regulate operation thereof, the engine being operable to combust a fuel to produce an exhaust gas; establishing a plurality of fuel property inputs; establishing a plurality of engine performance inputs; generating engine control information as a function of the fuel property inputs and the engine performance inputs; and accessing the engine control information with the controller to regulate at least one engine operating parameter.

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1. A method, comprising: providing an internal combustion engine and a controller to regulate operation thereof, the engine being operable to combust fuel to produce exhaust;determining a plurality of fuel property inputs, a first one of the fuel property inputs being representative of a distillatio

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A method, comprising: providing an internal combustion engine and a controller to regulate operation thereof, the engine being operable to combust fuel to produce exhaust;determining a plurality of fuel property inputs, a first one of the fuel property inputs being representative of a distillation temperature value of the fuel and a second one of the fuel property inputs being representative of a cetane number of the fuel;determining a plurality of engine performance inputs;generating engine control information as a function of the fuel property inputs and the engine performance inputs, wherein generating the engine control information further includes: determining an observed engine response corresponding to at least one engine operating parameter;determining a predicted engine response in response to the fuel property inputs and the engine performance inputs;comparing the observed engine response and the predicted engine response to determine the observed engine response corresponds to the fuel property inputs; andaccessing the engine control information with the controller to regulate the engine operating parameter during engine operation in response to the comparison, the operating parameter corresponding to at least one of: an exhaust composition, a fuel consumption amount, an unburned hydrocarbon amount, an engine gas temperature, an engine gas pressure, an engine gas flow amount, and an engine combustion noise. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the engine performance inputs each correspond to at least one selected from a group consisting of: a fuel amount per cylinder, a fuel timing, a ratio between fuel and air, a fuel pressure, a gas temperature, a gas pressure, an EGR flow, an oxygen content of an engine gas flow, an engine speed, and an engine load. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the distillation temperature value corresponds to at least one of: a T10 value, a T90 value, and a T50 value. 4. The method of claim 1, which includes operating the engine in accordance with the engine operating parameter. 5. The method of claim 1, which includes combusting the fuel with the engine, the distillation temperature value corresponding to a T50 value in the range of 190 degrees Celsius to 280 degrees Celsius and the cetane number being in a range of 31 to 60. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein a third one of the fuel property inputs corresponds to a distillation slope. 7. The method of claim 1, further including: storing the engine control information in a memory of the controller; andcalibrating operation of the engine with the engine control information. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the engine control information is used to reduce an engine operating output selected from a group consisting of: a NOx content of the exhaust gas, soot content of the exhaust gas, fuel consumption, and combinations thereof. 9. The method of claim 1, which includes updating the engine control information during operation of the engine in response to a change in at least one of the fuel property inputs. 10. A method, comprising: operating an internal combustion engine;during operation of the engine, detecting an observed engine response corresponding to at least one of: engine emission content, engine fuel consumption, an engine pressure, an engine flow rate, and an engine temperature;determining a distillation value and a cetane number of a fuel for the engine;interpreting one or more observed engine performance characteristics;determining a prediction of the engine response as a function of the distillation value and the cetane number of the fuel and the one or more observed engine performance characteristics;performing a comparison of the observed engine response and the prediction of the engine response to determine the observed engine response corresponds to the distillation value and the cetane number of the fuel; andadjusting operation of the engine based on the comparison. 11. The method of claim 10, which includes a controller operatively coupled to a number of engine sensors and a number of engine actuators, the controller configured to adjust operation of the engine after performing the comparison. 12. The method of claim 10, wherein the distillation value is one of T10, T90, T50, and a distillation slope. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first one of the one or more properties corresponds to a T50 between 190 degrees Celsius and 280 degrees Celsius and the second one of the one or more properties corresponds to a cetane number between 31 and 60. 14. The method of claim 10, wherein the observed engine response and the predicted engine response are representative of at least one of: NOx content of the exhaust, smoke content of the exhaust, combustion noise, and fuel consumption. 15. The method of claim 10, which includes providing at least one of the one or more observed engine performance characteristics with a sensor and wherein the adjusting is performed with one or more actuators. 16. An apparatus, comprising: an internal combustion engine operable to produce power through combustion of a fuel;a controller to regulate operation of the engine, the controller being operable to: (a) access information corresponding to a number of fuel properties and a number of engine performance characteristics, wherein the number of fuel properties include a distillation value for the fuel and a cetane number of the fuel, and wherein the number engine performance characteristics is representative of at least one of: fuel amount per cylinder, fuel timing, a ratio between fuel and air, a fuel pressure, a gas temperature, a gas pressure, an EGR flow, oxygen content of an engine gas flow, engine speed, and engine load; (b) predict an engine response as a function of the distillation value, the cetane number and the engine performance characteristics; (c) perform a comparison of an observed engine response and the predicted engine response to determine the observed engine response corresponds to the fuel properties; and (d) generate one or more output signals as a function of the fuel properties and the engine performance characteristics in response to the comparison; andone or more engine controls responsive to the one or more output signals to regulate at least one of exhaust content, fuel consumption, unburned hydrocarbon, an engine gas temperature, an engine gas pressure, an engine gas flow rate, and engine combustion noise during engine operation. 17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller includes a memory and calibration values for the engine are stored in the memory. 18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the engine performance characteristics are provided by one or more engine sensors operatively coupled to the controller. 19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the engine includes a turbocharger. 20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller further includes means for changing at least one of the exhaust content, the fuel consumption, the unburned hydrocarbon, the engine gas temperature, the engine gas pressure, the engine gas flow rate, and the engine combustion noise in response to a change in at least one of the distillation value for the fuel and the cetane number of the fuel during engine operation. 21. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the engine is of a multiple cylinder, reciprocating piston type with fuel injection and is structured to operate with the fuel being of a diesel type. 22. An apparatus, comprising: an internal combustion engine operable to produce power through combustion of a fuel;a controller to regulate operation of the engine, the controller being operable to: (a) access information corresponding to a number of fuel properties including a distillation value, a cetane number of the fuel, and a number of engine performance characteristics, (b) detect observed engine response corresponding to at least one of: exhaust content, fuel consumption, unburned hydrocarbon, an engine gas temperature, an engine gas pressure, an engine gas flow rate, and engine combustion noise during engine operation, (c) predict an engine response as a function of the distillation value, the cetane number and the observed engine characteristics, (d) perform a comparison of the observed engine response and the predicted engine response to determine the observed engine response corresponds to the fuel properties, (e) generate one or more output signals as a function of the fuel properties and the engine performance characteristics in response to the comparison; andone or more engine controls responsive to the one or more output signals to adjust the observed engine response. 23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the controller includes a memory and the fuel properties are stored in the memory. 24. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the engine performance characteristics are provided by one or more engine sensors operatively coupled to the controller. 25. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the controller includes means for applying calibration data. 26. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the engine includes a turbocharger and the engine is of a multiple cylinder, reciprocating piston type with fuel injection and is structured to operate with the fuel being of a diesel type. 27. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the controller includes means for optimizing one or more constituents of the exhaust content and the fuel consumption. 28. A system comprising: an internal combustion engine operable to produce power through combustion of a fuel;a controller to regulate operation of the engine, the controller being structured to operate:a means for generating one or more engine calibrating parameters as a function of a distillation value and a cetane number of the fuel and a plurality of engine performance characteristics;a means for optimizing one or more engine operating parameters, the engine operating parameters corresponding to at least one of: an exhaust composition, a fuel consumption, an unburned hydrocarbon level, an engine gas temperature, an engine gas pressure, an engine gas flow rate, and an engine combustion noise level in response to at least one of the engine calibration parameters; anda means for changing at least one engine operating parameter in response to the optimization.