The invention relates to a clean production method for amino acids such as
iminodiacetic acid. The method comprises the steps: carrying out
alkaline hydrolysis on amino-
nitrile by adopting cheap
lime cream, and carrying out
deamination, so as to obtain an
iminodiacetic acid calcium salt crude product; suspending the obtained
iminodiacetic acid calcium salt crude product into water or
mother liquor, adding
sulfuric acid or other inorganic acid into the water or
mother liquor for acidification, and filtering out an inorganic
calcium salt
filter cake with low water
solubility; and subjecting the filter liquor to cooling and
crystallization, carrying out separation so as to obtain iminodiacetic acid solids, and applying the
crystallization mother liquor to an acidification reaction of next batch mechanically. During the acidification by the
sulfuric acid,
gypsum can be converted into
calcium carbonate and
ammonium sulfate by further using a byproduct, i.e.,
ammonia water of an
alkaline hydrolysis process and
carbon dioxide in
flue gas, so as to directly generate compound fertilizers; the
calcium carbonate can also be separated, and
ammonium sulfate crystals can also be concentrated; and the
calcium carbonate can be sold as a byproduct or be subjected to heated
decomposition so as to obtain a quicklime
raw material which can be applied mechanically. According to the novel process, the complete utilization of resources can be realized, the reaction selectivity is higher, the production of
colored byproducts is reduced, and a concentrating process for removing waste salts such as
sodium sulfate and
sodium chloride and a
wastewater treatment link are avoided; and due to concentration, the use level of a decolorant can be greatly lowered, the energy saving and consumption lowering effects are remarkable, and the production cost is reduced remarkably.