Hi Vishnu, Valves types ...
Published by Muhammad Alfalah Fauzi, Product Manager at Itron Inc
Hi Vishnu,
Valves types depend on the fluid application and several physical factors (pressure, allowable pressure drop, flow regulation/open-close application, turbulence, throttling, and flowrate). The ball/butterfly/gate valve/solenoid is intended for open-close only application and to cope with high pressure while needle valve is to regulate flow. There are many others types of valves (an example is within this link: https://megadepot.com/resource/a-guide-to-types-of-valves)
So to answer your question, particular application/physical condition in your STP/ETP need to be considered and which part of STP/ETP process.
Meanwhile pneumatic control is used for open-closed application and motorized is used when you need to control the openness of the valve chamber to regulate flow/pressure.